Blog Index
Insights and articles about knowledge management, information security, technology, data and analytics, business process automation, platform management, and other related topics, from our experienced team of consultants.
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Childhood Cancer Awareness Month 2019 is supported by Open Access
Researchers around the world are working to develop cures for cancer. During September, which is globally recognized as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month 2019 (CCAM), we would like to acknowledge and thank the researchers, physicians, and publishers who make their findings, data, and publications openly accessible.
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MERL Tech 2019 Announcement
Join us at this year’s Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL) Conference in Washington, DC from September 5-6, 2019 where the FireOak team will have a demo table.
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Talking to your Board about Cybersecurity
FireOak’s tips for talking to your board and organizational leadership team about cybersecurity!
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Levels of Knowledge Management
A look at four levels of knowledge management (KM): personal or individual; department, project or team; organization-wide; and inter-organizational.
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Responsible Data Use: A 5 Days of Data Twitter Chat
Over the past few years, responsible data has become a hot topic within the world of international development and humanitarian aid. As funding agencies push for open data and data-driven decision making, and digital technologies continue to evolve, development workers, researchers, and other individuals involved in supporting aspects of the data lifecycle are becoming increasingly concerned with what it means to responsibly collect, manage, transmit, and share data in responsible ways.
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Data Transparency Panel at ICT4D Conference
Join Abby Clobridge (Founder, FireOak Strategies) and Kait Maloney (Project Manager, Data Transparency Initiative, Catholic Relief Services) for a panel discussion about organizational considerations for data transparency and security at the ICT4D Conference.
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Adopt a Dataset for Love Data Week 2019
In honor of “Love Data Week” (Feb, 11-15, 2019), Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) is promoting a unique experience for individuals to “adopt a dataset.” This no-cost, no-mess adoption allows the individual to select a dataset hosted by ICPSR and get to know it, if you will.
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Collection 01 Password Analysis
In January 2019, a massive database of email addresses and passwords was released on the internet. The collection included over 773 million unique email addresses and 21 million unique passwords, credentials that were assembled from many data breaches.
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What We’re Reading — February 11, 2019
The FireOak team keeps an eye out for and shares the most interesting articles, reports, and case studies related to managing, sharing, and securing information, data, and knowledge. Here are some snippets from what we’re reading right now.
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Exporting and Importing AWS EC2 Server Disk Images
We are heavy users of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Elastic Cloud Computing (EC2) and regularly help clients transition their on-premises systems to the cloud.
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