For the case of Ransomware Doesn’t Scare Me; Listeria Does, I believe there is a plethora of businesses that have a critically dangerous risk in the case of a data breach. An easy way to assess which industries need to protect themselves from this risk is to see which companies are employing or purchasing data security services. The most obvious outside of the healthcare space would probably be the financial industry with their information on their customer’s bank accounts, salary information, address, age, and more. Another non-obvious case but an equally dangerous case is information on the public water services; namely on the blueprints and plans of pipes that provide a city’s water. If this data were to be leaked, then it may get in the hands of bad actors that can influence or tamper the water system. This is a case that I learned from a friend of mine who worked at cybersecurity firm, but an indirectly risky case to look at is the data of journalists. Apparently reporters and news companies will pay a lot to protect their data so that news articles won’t be leaked or compromised before its time of publishing.
Having limited context regarding the case study, there’s probably going to be merit in assessing more of what actually occurred during the meeting i.e. before the question was asked and during the time of questioning. However, as little context that we have about the matter, I personally think it’s rude and even counterproductive to a meeting to shoot down any question from anyone, particularly if it’s being asked proactively like in the case study. If she had stayed quiet, then whatever critical information that would have been learned by the team would have been lost. Not only so, she would continue to be discouraged to talk in further meetings, and ultimately it would have been a loss for the company as whole as I’m sure she’s a valuable member of the team if she was invited at all to the meeting.
I think it’s really important to consider how we’ll protect the data of our riders and drivers, particularly on the addresses and the financial information. We’ve received a lot of concerns and feedback about security and we’ll make sure to uphold our company value on maintaining that security. Furthermore, our team will make a stand on ‘listen and be heard’ policy. Meaning that anyone that is open and is playing like a team member, would also be treated as such.
