"The AGI bubble is bursting a little bit."Cooling OffOpenAI's next large language model may not be as powerful as many hoped.Code-named Orion, the AI model is sorely underperforming behind the scenes, Bloomberg reports, showing less improvement over its predecessor than GPT-4 did over GPT-3. A similar report from The Information this week indicated that some OpenAI researchers believed that in certain areas like coding, there were no improvements at all.And according to Bloomberg, OpenAI isn't the only AI outfit struggling with diminishing returns. Google's next iteration of its Gemini model is also falling short of internal expectations, while the timeline for Anthropic's release of its much hyped Claude 3.5 Opus is up in the air.These industry-wide struggles may be a sign that the current paradigm of improving AI models via what's known as "scaling" is hitting a brick wall, portending potential economic woes in the future if AI models remain costly to develop without achieving significant leaps in performance towards building an artificial general intelligence."The AGI bubble is bursting a little bit," Margaret Mitchell, chief ethics scientist at the AI startup Hugging Face, told Bloomberg, adding that "different training approaches" may be needed to approach anything like human levels of intelligence and versatility.Gluttonous TechThe ethos that has yielded gains in generative AI so far has been scaling: to make generative AI models more powerful, the primary way to achieve this is by making them bigger. That means adding more processing power AI chips, like from Nvidia and injecting more training data, which has largely been scraped from the web withlittle cost.But as these models get larger and more powerful, they also get hungrier. All that energy isn't cheap Microsoft is looking to reboot entire nuclear power plants to support its AI data centers, for example and free training data is drying up. To obtain new brain food for their AIs, tech companies are using synthetic, computer -generated data. Yet, they still "struggle to get unique, high-quality datasets without human guidance, especially when it comes to language," Lila Tretikov, head of AI strategy at New Enterprise associates, told Bloomberg.And so, to give an idea of all those expenses: in a podcast episode quoted by Bloomberg, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said that a cutting-edge AI model currently costs around $100 million to build, and estimated that by 2027, they could cost well over $10 billion apiece.Best Days BehindThis year, Anthropic updated its Claude models, but notably snubbed Opus, while references to a near-future release date for it have been scrubbed from its website. Like with OpenAI, researchers at the company reportedly observed only marginal improvements with Opus considering its size and how much it cost to build and run, according to a Bloomberg source.Similarly, Google's Gemini software is falling short of its goals, per Bloomberg, and the company has released few major improvements to its large language model in the meantime.These aren't insurmountable challenges, to be clear. But it's increasingly sounding like the AI industry may not enjoy the same pace ofadvancements as it has in the past decade."We got very excited for a brief period of very fast progress," Noah Giansiracusa, an associate professor of mathematics at Bentley University in Massachusetts, toldBloomberg. "That just wasn't sustainable."Share This Article

Image by Chip Somodevilla via GettyA political scion who bragged about having a brain worm yes, we are horribly serious about that is slated to become the United States' next secretary of Health and Human Services.AsPoliticoreports, president-elect Donald Trump is expected to select former opponent Robert F. Kennedy, Jr to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, an apparent back-scratching situation after the onetime candidate dropped out, bent the knee, and endorsed the real estate mogul earlier this year.Indeed, Trump said during an October campaign rally that he promised the anti-vaxxer Masshole he could "go wild" as head of the department overseeing food and medicines an alarming proposal the former president seems likely to follow through on now that he's putting together his second cabinet.Beyond being a dedicated "vaccine skeptic," exposs about Kennedy's many bizarre misadventures that emerged during his failed fringe candidacy have shown time and again that this may be the very last man who should be overseeing the nation's sprawling healthcare apparatus.Earlier this year, theNew York Times revealed via documents from the HHS hopeful's divorce proceedings that he not only ate enough fish to give himself mercury poisoning, but also claimed a neurologist told him a dark spot on his brain scans likely came from a "worm that got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died."During the 2012 deposition, Kennedy who speaks with a bit of an impediment due to his neurological issues admitted that he "clearly" has "cognitive problems." Nevertheless, his campaign insisted at the time that he was in good health despite his attested brain fog, mercury poisoning, and brain worms.Incredibly, Kennedy's eccentricities don't end there.AsFuturism recounted earlier this election season, the political failson is at the center of a number of bizarre stories involving animals, including his own braggadocious story about dumping the carcass of a spoiling baby bear cub in Manhattan's Central Park and a similarly queasy incident involving a dead whale.Those two anecdotes don't even begin to cover Kennedy's credibility issues, which also include at least one sexual assault allegation from a former babysitter for his family and a more recent consensual affair with a much younger journalist but given that there are similar allegations about the president-elect as well, those may unfortunately end up being less salient than the decomposing bear and the brain worms.Somehow, RFK Jr isn't the least unhealthy person being considered for the notoriously germophobic president-elect's cabinet. That distinction goes to Fox News host and reported Department of Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth, who claims he hasn't washed his hands in over a decade.More on freaky political tidings: MAGA Fans Seem to Think AI Videos of Barron Trump Singing Patriotic Songs Are Totally RealShare This Article

Nov 14, 2024Ravie LakshmananOnline Fraud / Network SecurityMultiple threat actors have been found taking advantage of an attack technique called Sitting Ducks to hijack legitimate domains for using them in phishing attacks and investment fraud schemes for years.The findings come from Infoblox, which said it identified nearly 800,000 vulnerable registered domains over the past three months, of which approximately 9% (70,000) have been subsequently hijacked."Cybercriminals have used this vector since 2018 to hijack tens of thousands of domain names," the cybersecurity company said in a deep-dive report shared with The Hacker News. "Victim domains include well-known brands, non-profits, and government entities."The little-known attack vector, although originally documented by security researcher Matthew Bryant way back in 2016, didn't attract a lot of attention until the scale of the hijacks was disclosed earlier this August."I believe there is more awareness [since then]," Dr. Renee Burton, vice president of threat intelligence at Infoblox, told The Hacker News. "While we haven't seen the number of hijackings go down, we have seen customers very interested in the topic and grateful for awareness around their own potential risks. The Sitting Ducks attack, at its core, allows a malicious actor to seize control of a domain by leveraging misconfigurations in its domain name system (DNS) settings. This includes scenarios where the DNS points to the wrong authoritative name server.However, there are certain prerequisites in order to pull this off: A registered domain delegates authoritative DNS services to a different provider than the domain registrar, the delegation is lame, and the attacker can "claim" the domain at the DNS provider and set up DNS records without access to the valid owner's account at the domain registrar.Sitting Ducks is both easy to perform and stealthy, in part driven by the positive reputation that many of the hijacked domains have. Some of the domains that have fallen prey to the attacks include an entertainment company, an IPTV service provider, a law firm, an orthopedic and cosmetic supplier, a Thai online apparel store, and a tire sales firm.The threat actors who hijack such domains take advantage of the brand reposition and the fact that they are unlikely to be flagged by security tools as malicious to accomplish their strategic goals."It is hard to detect because if the domain has been hijacked, then it is not lame," Burton explained. "Without any other sign, like a phishing page or a piece of malware, the only signal is a change of IP addresses.""The number of domains is so vast that attempts to use IP changes to indicate malicious activity would lead to a lot of false positives. We 'back in' to tracking the threat actors that are hijacking domains by first understanding how they individually operate and then tracking that behavior."An important aspect that's common to the Sitting Ducks attacks is rotational hijacking, where one domain is repeatedly taken over by different threat actors over time."Threat actors often use exploitable service providers that offer free accounts like DNS Made Easy as lending libraries, typically hijacking domains for 30 to 60 days; however, we've also seen other cases where actors hold the domain for a long period of time," Infoblox noted."After the short-term, free account expires, the domain is 'lost' by the first threat actor and then either parked or claimed by another threat actor."Some of the prominent DNS threat actors that have been found "feasting on" Sitting Ducks attacks are listed below -Vacant Viper, which has used it to operate the 404 TDS, alongside running malicious spam operations, delivering porn, establishing command-and-control (C2), and dropping malware such as DarkGate and AsyncRAT (Ongoing since December 2019)Horrid Hawk, which has used it to conduct investment fraud schemes by distributing the hijacked domains via short-lived Facebook ads (Ongoing since at least February 2023)Hasty Hawk, which has used it to conduct widespread phishing campaigns that primarily mimic DHL shipping pages and fake donation sites that mimic supportukrainenow[.]org and claim to support Ukraine (Ongoing since at least March 2022)VexTrio Viper, which has used to operate its TDS (Ongoing since early 2020)Infoblox said a number of VexTrio Viper's affiliates, such as GoRefresh, have also engaged in Sitting Ducks attacks to conduct fake online pharmaceutical campaigns, as well as gambling and dating scams."We have a few actors who appear to use the domains for malware C2 in which exfiltration is sent over mail services," Burton said. "While others use them to distribute spam, these actors configure their DNS only to receive mail."This indicates that the bad actors are leveraging the seized domains for a broad spectrum of reasons, thereby putting both businesses and individuals at risk of malware, credential theft, and fraud."We have found several actors who have hijacked domains and held them for extensive periods of time, but we have been unable to determine the purpose of the hijack," Infoblox concluded. "These domains tend to have a high reputation and are not typically noticed by security vendors, creating an environment where clever actors can deliver malware, commit rampant fraud, and phish user credentials without consequences."Found this article interesting? Follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn to read more exclusive content we post.SHARE

Nov 14, 2024Ravie LakshmananArtificial Intelligence / CryptocurrencyGoogle has revealed that bad actors are leveraging techniques like landing page cloaking to conduct scams by impersonating legitimate sites."Cloaking is specifically designed to prevent moderation systems and teams from reviewing policy-violating content which enables them to deploy the scam directly to users," Laurie Richardson, VP and Head of Trust and Safety at Google, said."The landing pages often mimic well-known sites and create a sense of urgency to manipulate users into purchasing counterfeit products or unrealistic products."Cloaking refers to the practice of serving different content to search engines like Google and users with the ultimate goal of manipulating search rankings and deceiving users.The tech giant said it has also observed a cloaking trend wherein users clicking on ads are redirected via tracking templates to scareware sites that claim their devices are compromised with malware and lead them to other phony customer support sites, which trick them into revealing sensitive information.Some of the other recent tactics adopted by fraudsters and cybercriminals are listed below -Misuse of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to create deepfakes of public figures, taking advantage of their credibility and reach to conduct investment fraudUsing hyper-realistic impersonation for bogus crypto investment schemesApp and landing page clone scams that dupe users into visiting lookalike pages of their legitimate counterparts, leading to credential or data theft, malware downloads, and fraudulent purchasesCapitalizing on major events and combining them with AI to defraud people or promote non-existent products and servicesGoogle told The Hacker News that it intends to release such advisories about online fraud and scams every six months as part of its efforts to raise awareness about the risks.Many of the cryptocurrency-related scams such as pig butchering originate from Southeast Asia and are run by organized crime syndicates from China, who lure individuals with the prospect of high-paying jobs, only to be confined within scam factories located across Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, and the Philippines.A report published by the United Nations last month revealed that criminal syndicates in the region are stepping up by swiftly integrating "new service-based business models and technologies including malware, generative AI, and deepfakes into their operations while opening up new underground markets and cryptocurrency solutions for their money laundering needs."The U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) described the incorporation of generative AI and other technological advancements in cyber-enabled fraud as a "powerful force multiplier," not only making it more efficient but also lowering the bar for entry to technically less-savvy criminals.Google, earlier this April, sued two app developers based in Hong Kong and Shenzhen for distributing fake Android apps that were used to pull off consumer investment fraud schemes. Late last month, the company, alongside Amazon, filed a lawsuit against a website named Bigboostup.com for selling and posting fake reviews on Amazon and Google Maps."The website sold fake product reviews to bad actors to publish on their product listing pages in Amazon's store and fake reviews of business listings on Google Search and Google Maps," Amazon said.The development comes a little over a month after Google announced a partnership with the Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA) and DNS Research Federation (DNS RF) to tackle online scams.Furthermore, the company said it has blocked or removed more than 5.5 billion advertisements for violating its policies in 2023 alone, and that it's rolling out live scam detection in its Phone app for Android to secure users against potential scams and fraud by making use of its Gemini Nano on-device AI model."For example, if a caller claims to be from your bank and asks you to urgently transfer funds due to an alleged account breach, Scam Detection will process the call to determine whether the call is likely spam and, if so, can provide an audio and haptic alert and visual warning that the call may be a scam," it said.Another new security feature is the introduction of real-time alerts in Google Play Protect to notify users of potentially malicious apps like stalkerware installed on their devices."By looking at actual activity patterns of apps, live threat detection can now find malicious apps that try extra hard to hide their behavior or lie dormant for a time before engaging in suspicious activity," Google noted.Found this article interesting? Follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn to read more exclusive content we post.SHARE

The results of the 2024 US presidential election kicked off a flurry of speculation about what changes a second Donald Trump administration will bring in terms of policy, including cybersecurity.InformationWeek spoke to three experts in the cybersecurity space about potential shifts and how security leaders can prepare while the industry awaits change.Changes to CISAIn 2020, Trump fired Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Christopher Krebs after he attested to the security of the election, despite Trumps unsupported claims to the contrary. It seems that the federal agency could face a significant shakeup under a second Trump administration.The Republican party believes that agency has had a lot of scope creep, AJ Nash, founder and CEO of cybersecurity consultancy Unspoken Security, says.For example, Project 2025, a policy playbook published by conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation, calls to end CISAs counter-mis/disinformation efforts. It also calls for limits to CISAs involvement in election security. The project proposes moving the CISA to the Department of Transportation.Trump distanced himself from Project 2025 during his campaign, but there is overlap between the playbook and the president-elects plans, the New York Times reports.Related:I think it safe to say that CISA is going to have a lot of changes, if it exists at all, which I think [is] challenging because they have been very responsible for both election security and a lot of efforts to curb mis-, dis- and malinformation, says Nash.AI Executive OrderIn 2023, President Biden signed an executive order regarding AI and major issues that arose in the wake of its boom: safety, security, privacy, and consumer protection. Trump plans to repeal that order.We will repeal Joe Bidens dangerous Executive Order that hinders AI Innovation, and imposes Radical Leftwing ideas on the development of this technology. In its place, Republicans support AI Development rooted in Free Speech and Human Flourishing, according to a 2024 GOP Platform document.Less federal oversight on the development of AI could lead to more innovation, but there are questions about what a lack of required guardrails could mean. AI, how it is developed and used, has plenty of ramifications to cybersecurity and beyond.The tendency of generative AI to hallucinate or confabulate that's the concern, which is why we have guardrails, points out Claudia Rast, chair of the intellectual property, cybersecurity, and emerging technology practice at law firm Butzel Long.Related:While the federal government may step back from AI regulation, that doesnt mean states will do the same. You're going to see California [and] Texas and other states taking a very proactive role, says Jeff Le, vice president of global government affairs and public policy at cybersecurity ratings company SecurityScorecard.California Governor Gavin Newsom signed several bills relating to the regulation of GenAI. A bill -- the Texas Responsible AI Governance Act (TRAIGA) -- was introduced in the Lone Star State earlier this year.Cybersecurity RegulationThe Trump administration is likely to roll back more cybersecurity regulation than it will introduce. I fully anticipate there to be a significant slowdown or rollback on language or mandated reporting, incident reporting as a whole, says Le.Furthermore, billionaire Elon Musk and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy will lead the new Department of Government Efficiency, which will look to cut back on regulation and restructure federal agencies, Reuters reports.But enterprise leaders will still have plenty of regulatory issues to grapple with. They'll be looking at the European Union. They'll be looking at regulations coming out of Japan and Australia they'll also be looking at US states, says Le.That's going to be more of a question of how they're going to navigate this new patchwork.Related:Cyber Threat ActorsNation state cyber actors continue to be a pressing threat, and the Trump administration appears to be planning to focus on malicious activity coming out of China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia.I do anticipate the US taking a more aggressive stance, and I think that's been highlighted by the incoming national security advisor Mike Waltz, says Le. I think he has made a point to prioritize a more offensive role, and that's with or without partners.Waltz (R-Fla.) has been vocal about combatting threats from China in particular.Preparing for ChangePredicting a political future, even just a few short months away, is difficult. With big changes to cybersecurity ahead, what can leaders do to prepare?While uncertainty prevails, enterprise leaders have prior cybersecurity guidelines at their fingertips today. It's time to deploy and implement the best practices that we all know are there and [that] people have been advising and counseling for years at this point, says Rast.

Its been a decade since Cameron Diaz made a movie. (Technically its been a decade since she madethree movies; in 2014 she appeared inThe Other Woman,Sex Tape, andAnnie.) Diazconfirmed in 2018 that sheconsidered herself retired, but six years later she is now un-retired and starring in the appropriately titledBack in Action.The film is coming to Netflixin very early 2025.Diaz starsopposite Jamie Foxx(who previouslyworked with Diaz in that film version ofAnnie, as well as the filmAny Given Sunday); Back in Action looks like a more adult-orientedSpy Kids: Its about a married pair of former spies, whose kids dont know about their violent pasts, until theyre called back to (you guessed it) action. (The trailer name checksThe Bourne Identity, but I dunno, the whole family dynamic gives it more of aSpy Kidsvibe to me, with maybe a dash ofMr. and Mrs. Smith.)The film is directed by Seth Gordon, whose previous work includesThe King of Comedy,Horrible Bosses,Identity Thief, and the movie version ofBaywtch.The cast of the film also includes Kyle Chandler, Andrew Scott, Jamie Demetriou, McKenna Roberts, Rylan Jackson and Glenn Close.Watch the trailer for the film below:READ MORE: Netflix Introduces New Feature For Mobile UsersHere is the films official synopsis:Years after giving up life as CIA spies to start a family, Emily and Matt find themselves dragged back into the world of espionage when their cover is blown.Back in Action is set to premiere on Netflix on January 17.Get our free mobile appNetflixs Holiday 2024 LineupHeres all the films, shows, and specials coming to Netflix in the 2024 holiday season.

Hollywoods guiding philosophy over the past few decades goes something like this: If it worked once before, it will work again.Once an idea connects with audiences, studios will run it into the ground with sequels, remakes, reboots, prequels, and legacyquels. Original concepts? Bold ideas? Feh! Giveem an old hit, a second (or third, or tenth) time. That will work, right?Not always. Despite what studio executives might believe, sure things are no certainty, and for every bona fide blockbuster sequel there areaa dozen that stopped a franchise in its tracks. Plus, Hollywood has made so many sequels in the last few years, that only the most dedicated film nerd could possibly remember themall.Lets see how manyyouremember. Here is a list of 20 sequels, most released in the 21st century. See how many remain etched in your mind just a few years later, and how many you forgot about, even if (or maybeespecially if) you watched them once upon a time. Keep in mind: These are not sequels to obscure foreign titles, orcheapo junkthat went direct-to-video. These are marquee movie brands with A-list stars, based on movies that in most cases remain quite popular on home video and streaming. Its just that sometimes when things work once, theycantwork the same again.(By the way: Weve made a list of forgotten movie sequels before. None of the obscure titles on that list repeat here. Hollywood makes a lot of sequels! )20 Sequels You Forgot ExistedThese hit films all got sequels although most were flops, and all are now forgotten.READ MORE: 10 Once-Beloved Movies That Have Faded Into ObscurityGet our free mobile appOnce-Beloved Movie Gimmicks That Have Faded AwayMovie theaters have resorted to some interesting tactics to lure in viewers through the years.

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You could have a couple of years under your belt, or be an experienced full stack developer, you will find challenging and interesting work in a fun environment with us!What will you do?On a day-to-day basis, your responsibilities and activities will include;Work in a self-managing, cross functional team, contributing to future implementation and system improvement;Collaborate with team members and product department on agreed road map;Take on own tasks and projects, complete required research and collaborate with team members to find solution;Take ownership of workload and deliver on task to agreed timelines;Make suitable improvements to the code base when possible.Provide clear comments on work, following company and industry-standard guidelines.Who are we looking for?Qualification on computer science field or equivalent experience;Several years experience working on full-stack development (.NET);Ability to collaborate with colleagues and partake in healthy debate to find solutions;Always interested in learning new things;Pragmatic problem solver and detail oriented;Precise in code, communication and documentation.Why youll LOVE working at Power diaryWhen you join Power Diary, youll benefit from perks like; Work from AnywhereThere are no offices at Power Diary as weve been a distributed team long before everyone else caught on. We look for the best people around the world not just those who live within a 1 hour commute. If you like working from home, or really from anywhere, youll find a bunch of like-minded people here. Paid Time OffTheres no sense in working all the time we believe everyone needs balance and we want you to have enough time to do other things that enrich your life. We offer all of our permanent team members 30 days of paid time off and we expect you to take it. FlexibilityNeed to get the kids to school or want to do a gym class in the middle of the day? No problem. We need you to be available for some agreed core hours to work with your colleagues and cover our service requirements, but other than that your time is yours. Competitive PayWe aim to work with the best people wherever and whoever they are. We know this comes at a business cost, but we consider this an investment in the companys future. 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Time zones: EST (UTC -5), CST (UTC -6), MST (UTC -7), PST (UTC -8), AKST (UTC -9), HST (UTC -10), AST (UTC -4), NST (UTC -3:30)SIGMA Assessment Systems Job DescriptionSenior Full Stack Engineer (Python / React / PostgreSQL)Summary of PositionSIGMA Assessment Systems is seeking a Senior Full-Stack Engineer to help us develop our next-generation assessment platform for administering high-stakes psychometric/psychological testing to support organizations with selection, placement, planning and development decisions.The ideal candidate has experience contributing to large-scale software platforms from design to development. In this role, you will be working closely with a related business and our agency partner over several phases of the project as well as our Product Manager. This is an exciting opportunity as this team is newly forming become a founding member of our development team and help shape it!Your initial focus will be to get up to speed on our next-generation platform, provide input to refine our development pipeline and assist in the planning and execution of an assessment authoring platform.Key Responsibilities of PositionThe successful candidate will:Have experience designing and developing large-scale platforms used by thousands of users, with a focus on writing highly performant code and ensuring high-stakes accuracyParticipate and contribute in the day-to-day development processCollaborate with cross-functional teams to understand our clients and the value our product strives to deliverCollaborate with our external agency developers to ensure code quality and consistent high-quality executionStrive to deliver high-quality code even under tight timelines, while ensuring consistency by writing tests to maintain the code qualityParticipate in code reviews, help estimate work and define tools and frameworksProactively contribute to continuous improvement, integration speed, developer productivity, release velocity and qualityEnsure the software is rigorously tested for performance, reliability, and scalability under different conditions. Understand when and how to execute various types of performance testing: speed, load/volume and scalability testing using appropriate toolsDevelop and maintain comprehensive documentation for software and systemsCollaborate with our QA Lead to troubleshoot bugs, prioritize issues and implement solutionsThe successful candidate possesses knowledge and interest in:Ticket tracking and documentation tools such as Jira, Notion, and Wrike, and internal communication platforms like Slack and TeamsPython, Django, Javascript, and React with a strong understanding of object-oriented programming principles and scriptingExtensive experience designing and developing API architecture using RESTful APIs or GraphQL endpointsExtensive experience with PostgreSQL, including database design, schema creation and while ensuring database performance, scalability and securityExperience designing and developing micro-servicesAzure services: servers, storage, functions, DevOpsFamiliar with DevOps practicesGithubLinuxQualifications and RequirementsBachelor's degree in computer science, or a related field, or combination of equivalent training and experienceFive or more years as a software engineerOrganizational and time management skills, with attention to detail and accuracySelf-development skills to keep currentEnglish proficiency, written and oralHours and CompensationThis is a full-time permanent position with the expectation of 37.5 hours per week. SIGMA offers competitive salaries, vacation time with additional time off the last week of December for the holiday season, a health spending reimbursement account, and flexible working hours to all employees.This position offers room for advancement and promotion as we continue to grow, limited only by your drive and abilities.What Makes SIGMA a Great Place to WorkWe hire smart, effective, and kind people. We treat them well and pay them fairly. Many of our employees have been with us for more than 15 years, and most have advanced degreesA respectful and professional environment where your input is valuedWere family-friendly and provide an excellent work-life balance Time off during the winter holiday breakAbout UsFor over 50 years, SIGMA has developed psychological assessments and offered related consulting services, with a focus on business applications of psychology, such as leadership development and employee selection. We work with executives, leaders, and other employees from a variety of industries, such as government, education, healthcare, retail, and hospitality.SIGMA offers the opportunity to work in an engaging, challenging, and growing business with other talented individuals. Our size and structure give us a degree of flexibility which is usually not possible in very large organizations. If youre looking for a rewarding job opportunity, join our talented team of professionals. Related Jobs See more Full-Stack Programming jobs

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