A look at "Stanford inside Stanford", where VCs pursue 18- and 19-year-old students, offering mentorship and funding in a bid to convert promise into profit (Theo Baker/The Atlantic)

This article highlights emerging threats to enterprise mobile infrastructure, where surveillance vendors are exploiting well-known vulnerabilities in global telecom networks (SS7 and Diameter protocols) to conduct undetected location tracking operations—a critical risk for organizations managing sensitive employee and customer data across 2G-5G networks. CIOs must recognize that telecom infrastructure weaknesses create vulnerabilities beyond traditional IT security perimeters, requiring coordination with telecom providers and regulatory bodies to identify and remediate exploitation. This represents a strategic imperative for IT organizations to reassess mobile security policies, implement network monitoring for suspicious telecom activity, and advocate for stronger telecom operator security standards.