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I’m Not a Robot (But Are You Really Sure?) Last year, cybersecurity company KnowBe4 put out a routine job ad. They needed a software engineer for their internal AI team. Nothing unusual: résumés came in, interviews were held, background checks and reference calls were completed. Everything looked fine.
Ayşe Nazmiye Uça is the Founder and Chairman of the Turkish Payroll Association and established Turkey’s first payroll outsourcing company 26 years ago. Her company, Datassist, leads the market in technology-centered payroll services, catering to Fortune 500 companies and major Turkish corporations. Datassist excels in Regulation Technologies (RegTech) and continues to expand through strategic investments and business partnerships, aiming to offer comprehensive services in an evolving market. In 2024, Ayşe ranked 20th among Turkey’s top 100 female founders by Fast Company magazine, based on company turnover. Her life purpose is to shape organizations, create new opportunities, and guide her employees toward achieving their career goals. 60 I 04:05
T he candidate was hired, and a Mac workstation was sent over. That’s when things went sideways. As soon as the new laptop was switched on, it began installing malware. Lesson one: don’t assume the checkbox
“I’m not a robot” is enough. We’re used to clicking that box online and moving on. But in the world of hiring, sometimes the robot, or worse, a hostile actor, gets through anyway. The story could have come straight out of Mr. Robot .
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