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Robinhood cuts 23% of staff, CEO Vlad Tenev says, ‘This is on me’

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In that post, Tenev wrote that while “employees from all functions would be impacted, the layoffs are “particularly concentrated” in the company’s operations, marketing and program management functions. That loss was narrower than its net loss of $392 million, or 45 cents per share, in the first quarter of 2022.

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A troubling startup layoff trend has emerged

TechCrunch

For a long time, I noticed the same startups that conducted layoffs in March 2020 had to scale back again in the 2022 wave. Earlier this week, Robinhood announced that it laid off 23% of staff across all functions, especially concentrated in the company’s operations, marketing and program management functions.

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What is a project management office (PMO)? The key to standardizing project success

CIO

Debra Chin, a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and program manager/consultant with ROC Implementation & Management Group (ROCIMG), describes the PMO more succinctly, saying, “It’s a centralized point that helps manage projects.”

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The most important theme from AWS re:Inforce 2022

Lacework

AWS re:Inforce was back in person in Boston for the 2022 edition. This leadership session, “ Proactive security: Considerations and approaches ”, featuring Eric Docktor (VP of Software Builder Experience, Amazon) and Kristen Haught (Principal Technical Program Manager, Amazon) gets into some of the specifics on how this can work.

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PCI DSS version 4.0: Is your payment card data security program ready?

CIO

According to the 2023 edition of Verizon’s Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), payment card data was compromised in 37% of breaches in 2022. Security and compliance teams can also download the 2023 Payment Security Report insights for information on advanced PCI security program management and design.

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AI: the ultimate check against organizational well-being

CIO

The initial rollout of OpenAIs gen AI chatbot ChatGPT in late 2022 was the starting gun for a technology race thats seen endless LLMs compete to gain attention of digital and business leaders. Just like businesses had to embrace mobility and cloud computing or risk being left behind, theyre now having to find ways to use AI effectively.

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PCI compliance: Is your qualified security assessor up to the task?

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The report cites that payment card data was compromised in 37% of breaches in 2022. Stachowicz notes that these questions are critically important because payment card data is highly sought after by cybercriminals, a fact reflected in Verizon’s 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report. requires,” he adds.