✨ A sparkle icon appears in an app that no one in IT approved. The help desk can't explain it, and it's already processing your data! This kept coming up in conversations with other CIOs, so I wrote about it in my latest Forbes piece.

The pattern repeats across so many vendors; here are just a few:
・Zoom auto-enabled AI Companion on host accounts, with recordings and full transcripts already defaulted on
・Microsoft 365 Copilot activates for every admin if your tenant holds a single paid license, and opting out means building a special security group
・Google's Workspace Intelligence shipped default-on for Gmail, Drive, Chat, and Calendar, with admin controls lagging the live feature by up to 72 hours
・OpenAI disables connectors by default for Enterprise customers but enables them for Business. Same vendor, opposite defaults.

Every default-on feature just transfers governance work from the vendor to you, along with wiretap exposure and e-discovery sprawl that nobody signed up for.

My ask of vendors is simple: ship AI features off by default and give admins an evaluation window measured in weeks, not days. Until that happens, assume the next AI feature is already live in your tenant. Review your configurations like it's a recurring operational task, because it is.

Full piece here: https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbestechcouncil/2026/06/10/default-on-ai-are-saas-vendors-outsourcing-their-risk-to-you

#RiskManagement #Forbes #ForbesTechnologyCouncil #ForbesTechCouncil #leadership #security #privacy #cloud #infosec #cybersecurity #AI #SaaS  
@forbes @Forbes @forbestechcncl @RHR_International @depaulu #DePaul #DepaulU #DePaulUniversity #DePaulCDM

Today I'm attending C-Vision International's CIO & CISO Think Tank here in Chicago, and the agenda is not messing around.

Agentic AI risks. Shadow AI governance. Vulnerability management in a world where AI has collapsed the exploitation window to near zero. And yes, a session on why soft skills are still the real differentiator for leaders in this space.

Good rooms make you think differently. This is one of those rooms.

https://www.cvisionintl.com/events/think-tank/2026-apr-9-cio-ciso-tt-chicago/
#CIO #CISO #Chicago #AI #Cybersecurity #Leadership #AgenticAI #RHRInternational #DePaulUniversity

According to the recent Meta/YouTube verdict, the plaintiff started using YouTube at age 6 and Instagram at age 9. The jury deliberated 43 hours, answered "yes" to every negligence question, and found evidence of malice. Then Meta's stock went up 0.7%. 🤔 That gap tells you everything. 📊

The $6 million award is basically a rounding error for companies pulling in $350 billion in combined annual revenue. What actually matters is the 2,000 pending lawsuits this verdict just handed a roadmap to, and the federal trial coming in Oakland this summer. This is the first domino. The tobacco industry had the same "we're being scapegoated" defense in 1994, and that argument eventually cost them $206 billion.

Here's what I keep thinking about as a guy who teaches about the legal, ethical, and social issues of information technology: the products we build have consequences we're responsible for, whether we want to admit it or not. The jury didn't care that Meta said Kaley's home life was complicated. They cared that the autoplay kept going anyway. 🔁

Two things can both be true: teen mental health is complex, and a notification engine designed to override a kid's ability to stop scrolling is a design choice someone made.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-03-25/social-media-lawsuit-trial-meta-google-verdict
#ChildSafety #BigTech #Leadership #Accountability #SocialMedia #Ethics #DePaulUniversity #DePaulU @depaulu

Đỗ Hoa Trà giành học bổng danh giá đến Đại học DePaul tại Los Angeles – trung tâm Hollywood – thực hiện giấc mơ điện ảnh sau gần một thập kỷ kiên trì theo đuổi phim ảnh. Một hành trình đầy cảm hứng từ đam mê đến sự công nhận quốc tế.

#HoaTraDo #DePaulUniversity #Hollywood #DreamsComeTrue #FilmJourney #GirlPower #Inspiration #ĐiệnẢnh #HọcBổng #TheoĐuổiGiấcMơ #PhimẢnh #TàiNăngViệt

https://vtcnews.vn/co-gai-gan-mot-thap-ky-lam-phim-va-tam-ve-hoc-bong-den-hollywood-ar993777.html

Just when we thought tech would make grading easier, it forced educators to revisit one of the oldest tools in the pedagogical toolbox. Colleges from Wyoming to California are turning to oral exams as a strategic response to AI-assisted cheating. And here is what’s fascinating: students aren’t just surviving these face-to-face evaluations, many say they prefer them, citing real engagement and a sense that they’re being tested on genuine understanding, not who can prompt the best AI. Oral exams don’t just block AI, they foster a skill the digital age most needs: the ability to think on your feet and articulate complex ideas in real time. That’s both an assessment and a career-ready competency.

TL;DR
🧠 oral exams offer AI-proof assessment
⚡ students report more meaningful learning
🎓 professors reconnect with mentorship
🔍 model pushes beyond tech dependency

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/12/12/ai-artificial-intelligence-college-oral-exam/

#EducationInnovation #AcademicIntegrity #ArtificialIntelligence #LearningAndDevelopment #DePaul #DePaulUniversity

🎓 For anyone looking to get into cybersecurity — especially my DePaul University students — here’s something important to remember: 💻 You don’t need expensive bootcamps or fancy certifications to begin your learning. You can build a solid foundation using free tools that professionals actually use every day. And for my students, enhance your education with these tools:

🧰 Kali Linux
🧪 Burp Suite Community
🔍 Wireshark
📡 Nmap
💥 Metasploit Framework
🛡️ OWASP ZAP
🧠 TryHackMe & Hack The Box (limited free use)
🌐 Shodan (basic plan)
🔎 Google Dorking
🧩 Autopsy & Volatility

All you really need is your laptop and an internet connection. Start learning. Break things. Fix them. Repeat. Your future self will thank you.

You can find those tools and more here: https://briangreenberg.net/resources/

#Cybersecurity #EthicalHacking #InfoSec #DePaulUniversity #LearningPath #DePaul

Finders Keepers (2024) [5 min] by Caden Osojnak | #USA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esD68yMXqBY

#2D #2DAnimation #AnimatedShort #AnimatedShortOfTheDay #Animation #Treasures #Ancient #TreasureHunter #DePaulUniversity #Cairo

"Not Mere Pixels on a Screen":
Select images from University of #Chicago, #NorthwesternUniversity, #DePaulUniversity and School of the #ArtInstitute of Chicago.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/chicago-campus-college-university-depaul-northwestern-uc-gaza-students

A sign for #Hind Garden" is placed in the Art Institute's North Garden with the #Gaza #Solidarity #Encampment in the background. This photo was taken shortly after the gates to the North Garden were locked by #studentprotests who set up the encampment on May 4, 2024.
Photograph: Sarah-Ji

Many of the people we serve are in solitary confinement and can never discuss books except through letters. Fortunately, some prisoners are kept in conditions that are more humane, and a few are even allowed to participate in book clubs behind bars. This article describes a jail book club that had Sister Helen Prejean as a special guest.

https://wgntv.com/news/college-students-inmates-and-a-nun-a-unique-book-club-meets-at-one-of-the-nations-largest-jails/

#jail #books #bookclub #DePaulUniversity #CookCountyJail

El intelectual judío que lo perdió todo por criticar a #Israel. #Finkelstein

#industriaDelHolocausto #ElieWiesel #BernardLewis #AlanDershowitz #LigaAntidifamación #CongresoMundialJudío #dePaulUniversity #gazaGenocide #GenocidioEnGaza

https://www.elperiodico.com/es/internacional/20180603/norman-finkelstein-el-intelectual-judio-que-lo-perdio-todo-por-criticar-a-israel-6834345