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FUDBust: The operators of the "Eye on Emerson" site experienced an operator's nightmare in 2002 when anonymous users posted defamatory comments about local politicians--and the politicians sued the site. But after a long legal battle, a New Jersey appeals court last month upheld lower court rulings that site operators should be treated more like ISPs than like print media.
Newspapers and magazines can be sued for libel because they have complete control over their content. But the high court said that Web sites are covered under the 1996 Communications Decency Act, which states that ISPs cannot be held liable for the content they carry. The ruling doesn't mean that Web masters should stop monitoring their postings, but there is some assurance that they won't end up in court over their users' opinions.
With the move to the cloud, CISOs must shift priorities from operating security programs to overseeing (monitoring and auditing) outsourced cybersecurity programs.
2022 was a boon year for IT salaries. 2023 came in like a beast with layoffs, raise freezes, and ChatGPT, but that beast has few teeth.
Age is only a number. Don't let a high number cancel your career.
