{"id":558,"date":"2020-02-28T17:03:55","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T17:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/?p=558"},"modified":"2020-02-28T17:03:58","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T17:03:58","slug":"consulting-101-sensitive-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/28\/consulting-101-sensitive-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Consulting 101 &#8211; Sensitive Data"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a>Sensitive Data<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You should always treat your client\u2019s data as sensitive even\nif no one explicitly mentions it. If you are working for a banking or\ngovernment client, strict rules will probably be laid out for you once you join\nthe team, but if no one mention\u2019s the level of security needed, it is always\nbest to be responsible and respectful to the documents and data the client has\nshared with you. When you walk away from your computer, be sure to lock the\nscreen and set a password to log back in. If you have physical documents you no\nlonger need, find the nearest shredder to ensure the documents are disposed of\ncorrectly. When using physical media to transfer files, install encryption\nsoftware on your computer and make sure files are secure in case you lose your\nportable hard drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How to get\nFired from a Project<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Bob was a team member\nof mine who always needed to leave slightly early to pick up his kids and then\nwould work the rest of the evening from his home office. One day when he was in\nthe middle of a comparing data for a banking client, he decided to email the\nfile to his personal email so he could download the file at home and continue\nhis work. Little to his knowledge, the file contained social security numbers.\nOnce the email was sent, network security was immediately notified, followed by\nthe authorities. Bob was confronted by the client the very next morning and\nescorted out of the building. This policy breach was a non-negotiable offense\nand required immediate termination. It is probably safe to say that Bob will\nalways thinks twice before emailing sensitive data to himself.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you interested in starting a career in consulting? Be sure to read the full book <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/38wE3AO\">Jack of all Trades Master of Some; An Introduction to Consulting<\/a> available on Amazon.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sensitive Data You should always treat your client\u2019s data as sensitive even if no one explicitly mentions it. If you are working for a banking or government client, strict rules will probably be laid out for you once you join the team, but if no one mention\u2019s the level of security needed, it is always [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":603,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book","category-consulting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":559,"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558\/revisions\/559"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}