The best way for enterprises to battle frauds, bot attacks, synthetic ID attacks … … is to treat it all like a game. A war game. Raj Seshadri, president of data and service at Mastercard told Karen Webster that the battle against real world threats is eternal. The hyper accelerated pace of innovation seen through the past few years, she told Webster, has given rise to the remote work environment, or hybrid models. “There are a lot of opportunities here,” as companies embrace the great digital shift, she said, “and there are a lot of challenges too.” Those challenges run the gamut from securing Mastercard’s own payment operations to helping enterprise clients gauge risk up and down their own vendor...
Valerie Boyd and Alice WalkerIllustration by Hsiao-Ron Cheng Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker, 1965-2000 (Simon & Schuster) is the first of two books edited by Valerie Boyd that will be published posthumously in 2022. Her second, an anthology of essays, Bigger Than Bravery: Black Resilience and Reclamation in a Time of Pandemic (Lookout Books), will be released this fall. I find the word “posthumously” difficult to write. Boyd—journalist, critic, teacher, and literary institution—died on February 12 of this year. She was only 58 years old. I first met Val (as we called her) 12 years ago when I was a relatively new writer still uncertain about my own publishing path. As she did with so many...
arno smit iI r gSwWY unsplash Barbara Trapido’s debut novel, Brother of the More Famous Jack, is one of those books that seems destined to reach its readers in roundabout ways. Like American novelist and Trapido fangirl Maria Semple, who has written the introduction to Bloomsbury’s new 40th anniversary edition, you could be lucky and stumble across it in a library sale bin, or a friend will press it into your hands. Review: Brother of the More Famous Jack by Barbara Trapido (Bloomsbury) And if by chance you’re asked to review it, you could start by scratching your head because you’ve never heard of this book with its distinctive title – even though it’s been around more than half your...
How would you like to build yourself a unique puzzle table? You will need some intermediate table-building skills for this project, but with a bit of help, even a newbie can finish it with success. You will need to follow the step-by-step plans and tutorial provided by Designed Decor and will also need tools such as a table saw and router. This table is perfect for someone who loves puzzles and putting pieces together, but also wants to keep it clean by not spreading all of the pieces on the floor. Since puzzles can take even weeks to complete, depending on their complexity, having all the pieces in one place can help you keep your house clean. So, this puzzle...
Justin Zanik, left, general manager of the Utah Jazz, congratulates Danny Ainge following a press conference announcing Ainge as CEO of Utah Jazz Basketball at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021. Ainge and Zanik will be looking for ways to strengthen the Jazz roster this offseason.Laura Seitz, Deseret News This article was first published as the Jazz Insiders newsletter. Sign up to receive the newsletter in your inbox each Friday.Earlier this week, after asking my Twitter followers to send in their questions for an offseason mailbag, I received this question and I thought that it deserved a little more breathing room than just a couple of paragraphs. What archetype of player should the Jazz be pursuing...
