Almost anyone who has onboarded new employees will attest to the inherent balancing act it requires. New advisory firm employees need to learn ‘just a few’ things: who their teammates are and how to work productively with them, who the firm serves, what makes the clientele unique, and how to navigate the daily operations and … Read more
Over the past year, a series of indictments and threat intelligence reports uncovered a sophisticated program to place North Korea-affiliated operatives into remote IT jobs around the world. In January, the U.S. Justice Department indicted five men for operating one such scheme that profited nearly $900,000. North Korean operatives, using deepfakes, laptop farms, and stolen … Read more
Addressing challenges of security, cost and complexity tied to IoT device deployment at scale, the FIDO Alliance recently launched a new, open IoT standard that enables devices to simply and securely onboard to cloud and on-premise management platforms. Called FIDO Device Onboard (FDO) for IoT, the new specification was collaboratively developed to solve the issue … Read more
For small advisory firms that are beginning to grow and ready to add new staff, a Client Service Associate (CSA) or similar support role is a common early hire. Ideally, this person will free up an advisor’s time to let them focus on other tasks (which are likely income-producing and will allow the advisor to … Read more
