Category: The Division 2 – Year 2

Support Agent observations in Tom Clancy’s The Division 2; an online RPG from Ubisoft and Massive Entertainment.

Exploits and Mistrust chronicles

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Which reality?

I’m as uncertain as ever with what is meant to be my “new normal” but a rapid deletion of 1.5GB Tom Clancy’s The Division 1 & 2 severed me from my Clan and gaming buddies for now. My gym is open again and free movement of the people is happening albeit through masked up faces.

Time to move the body, my body

Season 1 is completed and I’ve stashed 3 exotic caches ready for my return after the summer. Last of Us 2 is due for release but I won’t get to play this titles until the autumn which is a pity after waiting years for the sequel.

Which way now? Tom Clancy’s The Division 2
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Today’s forecast: Nothing but Grey Clouds

So, we are finally in the era of borderless networks and 90%+ using VPN and working from remote locations most likely residential homes. How does the user know when work/business activity is separate from private/personal? How does the enterprise know or control this separation?  We are now dependent on cloud services; how do you enforce data classification; data leakage or audit activities.

Today’s High Level Targets are sat comfortably in their home office or more often on their dining table with a laptop protected by a domestic router with default security settings.

If EasyJet’s breach from 17th October 2019 and 4th March 2020 has only just been revealed to us, how long would it take to even detect, treat and reveal the breach of a high-level target in their home?

Oh wait, we are all high-level targets now.

Doesn’t take long for everything to go to s*&t
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Not every cage is a prison

Like most people the toll and impact of this “unseen thing” has forced an irreversible change in Life. For me self-isolation has been an emotion cage I struggle to escape, sometimes in control, but deeply troubled I wonder from day-to-day with no real aim or goals.

In a few more days a new era begins as I’m released from my current mission. Maybe this cage is not a cage at all.

What’s my next mission Guv?

Somehow – Tom Clancy’s The Division 2
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Who are you really kidding?

[Rant] This wave of forced remote workers has put us into unique position of actually looking at the various tiers of remote workers and how they are treated in the virtual workplace.

Societies in general have never really respected the virtual worker either the Road Warrior executive, the application developer or administrator.  The truth is the temptation to goof off and waste the day on non-work-related activities is overwhelming alongside constant interruptions from friends and family who don’t respect the virtual workspace.

Coming together as teams works really well but becoming chronically isolated is very common and I did slip into a brain fog over and over again trying to focus on complicated topic usually discussed face-to-face.

My online collaborations and relations with fellow gamers have been an excellent but somewhat distracting occupation. In the absence of clear boundaries you have to make your own.

No milk? Time to leave the house – Tom Clancy’s The Division 2
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Security as an option

Outside the gaming industry news of compromised gaming accounts will appear as pretty trivial in the scope of things.  160k worldwide accounts is relatively small but what if your data was involved?

Typically, your account could be used for money laundering activities leading the law directly to your doorstep.  Anyhow, I will not be losing any sleep over this and why is 2-factor authentication still an option and not mandatory…when will they learn?

Meanwhile, hours after the news thousands of players are force kicked from all Division 2 Servers without reason. Maybe, just a sanity check from the providers.

Tom Clancy’s The Division® 2 – Players force kicked
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Weeks turns in months…Finding my Purpose (notes and ramblings)

Today, I finally came out of my mental hibernation with slight flurries of getting back to my old self.  Life will never be same again but I’ve re-started documenting my cognitive Post Pandemic journey. A regular online meeting helped to boast my purpose. Preparation was key.

  • Far beyond just checking email
    1. Checking the calendar
    2. Preparing for the online meeting
    3. Critical Technical check – video, audio, network and VPN connectivity
    4. Actually, have a shower
    5. Actually, have breakfast
    6. Put on a shirt even though you are in shorts and flip flops
    7. Warm up the meeting with personal greetings and water cooler chit chat

Post meeting [Must do items] – take a break and then follow up with action points and timelines

  • Conclude activity and re-hash the process
  • Check and populate your calendar with more daily stuff and purpose.
Tom Clancy’s The Division – This ain’t over