Here's a brief overview of this week's Newsletter. Read more below!



• Happy Halloween Team NuAxis! We hope everyone has a fun, safe Halloween.
• ICYMI: NuShare Recap. See Faiz Khan's quick demo of malicious messages set as calendar invitations and hear David Miller's presentation on cryptography.
• Final Week of Cybersecurity Awareness Month & the TidyUp Challenge. There will be one final puzzle coming this week.
• Update your Taleo to reflect current your credentials ahead of Performance Evaluation Season. Please add your certifications, training, newly acquired skills, and review your job description. Don't forget to update your resume while you're making edits.
• Podcast Recommendation: "Know Your Risk, Own Your Health: A Fresh Look at Cancer Screening". Spend 20 minutes learning more about cancer screenings that you and your family may need.
• Meet Saint Wednesday. Sima Eshraghi's adorable Cane Corso Puppy.
• Recipe of the Week: Roasted Pumpkin Seeds. If you're carving pumpkins this week, don't forget to save the seeds to roast.
• Submit NuKudos to recognize a colleague!

Happy Halloween!

ICYMI: NuShare Recap

In case you missed it, check out Friday’s NuShare meeting. Join us in congratulating BSSE's desktop team for meeting their SLAs! See Faiz Khan's quick demo of malicious messages set as calendar invitations and hear David Miller's presentation on cryptography. Join us Friday as we recognize staff for 5 and 10 years at NuAxis and hear Josh's presentation on LLMs and ServiceNow - costumes welcome. View the meeting recap in the NuShare archive.

Final Week: Cybersecurity Awareness Month & the TidyUp Challenge

🎉 Cybersecurity Puzzle 3 Crossword Winners 🧩🔐

The results are in, folks—and despite a brief technical hiccup (we blame the gremlins in the server), Puzzle #3 of our Cybersecurity Awareness Challenge was a smashing success!

🎉 Drumroll please... 🥁

Here are the brilliant minds who cracked the code and claimed victory (in order of submission):

• Adil Asad – Solved it in just 14 minutes! (We’re checking if he’s secretly a cybersecurity superhero 🦸‍♂️)
• Nadia Negash
• Joshua Bice
• Keith Cole
• Benjamin Blake
• Richard Heller

Huge congratulations to our winners for their lightning-fast thinking and puzzle prowess! Honestly, we didn’t expect so many correct answers so quickly—you all continue to surprise us (in the best way).

If your name isn’t on this list, don’t worry—your moment of glory may be just around the corner.

The FINAL puzzle drops this week and it’s your last chance to shine brighter than a freshly updated firewall.



🔍 And now, the moment you’ve all been waiting for...

Here’s the solution to Puzzle #3’s Crossword (cue triumphant music 🎶):

Stay secure, stay sharp, and keep having fun!

Don’t miss out on 15 wellness points and a $30 gift card. Sign up now for the TidyUp Challenge and spend 10 minutes a day in October decluttering. Learn more at nuaxis.healthymerits.com.  

Update your Taleo Profile to reflect your current credentials!

Ahead of Performance evaluation season (coming soon!), please take a moment to update your profiles in Taleo to reflect current your credentials. Please add your certifications, training, newly acquired skills, etc).

While you're there, please notify your manager if your job description is incorrect. Once the review process begins, job descriptions cannot be updated in the system. 

Don't forget to carry any updates over to your resume. Your manager will probably reaching out in the near future for an updated copy.

PODCAST RECOMMENDATION

"Know Your Risk, Own Your Health: A Fresh Look at Cancer Screening"

Spend 20 minutes nurse navigators Elizabeth McKay and Monica Esch as they discuss the latest cancer screening recommendations from the American Cancer Society and the United States Preventative Services Task Force. Learn more about the importance of early detection, the impact of the pandemic on screening schedules, and age-specific guidelines for various types of cancer, including colon, breast, cervical, and prostate cancer.

Listen to the episode here.

PET OF THE WEEK

Meet Saint Wednesday

Meet Saint Wednesday our 100 pound Cane Corso Puppy. She loves eating drier sheets and socks 😂Saint Wednesday lives with Sima Eshraghi (VP of Contracts).

Have a pet to share? Please send a photo and a short blurb to Jessica Costa at jessica.costa@nuaxis.com.



Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

Did you carve pumpkins over the weekend? Try roasting your pumpkin seeds. We like seasoning them with "Everything Bagel Seasoning" at our house.

Did you try it? Let us know what you think.  

Submit Kudos

We receive commendations from our customers and our managers about the great work you do. These commendations like all other forms of feedback are a gift, and we want to hear even more about the great work you all do every day.

NuKudos enables all NuAxis team members to submit a kudo/ shout out/commendation for your peers when you want to recognize them for doing something above and beyond. Give it a try!