by Alex W. | Sep 25, 2022 | Crime, Cybersecurity, Organisations, Privacy
People make mistakes or… Why the ‘Pokemon’ approach has to stop ‘I’ve been watching the unfolding disaster for Optus and more importantly its customers over the last few days. My initial thoughts are that this seems to be a failure of governance rather...
by Alex W. | Jun 5, 2018 | Organisations, Privacy
Update – GDPR has arrived On 25 May 2018, GDPR came into force. Any company that does business with EU members needs to be in full compliance with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This requires them to take specific steps to more securely...
by Alex W. | Oct 9, 2015 | Government large and small, Organisations, Privacy
Privacy ‘safe-harbour’ and Australia – not safe enough? The decision by the European Court of Justice to declare the Safe Harbour arrangements between the US and EU invalid will have interesting repercussions not only for European citizens and companies such as...
by Alex W. | Jun 9, 2015 | Cybersecurity, Government large and small, Privacy
The loss of 4 million records reminds agencies that good Cybersecurity is repetitive and boring The US Government announced on 4 June that the private information of at least four million current and former government workers had been compromised. The intrusion...
by Alex W. | Nov 18, 2014 | Crime, Cybersecurity, Fraud, Identity, Organisations, Privacy
Privacy and Social Login article wins award “Privacy and Social Login” an article published in the International Association of Privacy Professionals Australia New Zealand May 2014 edition of “Privacy Unbound” and here won the first prize for...
by Alex W. | Jun 30, 2014 | Community and Society, Cybersecurity, Identity, Privacy
Is it possible to enhance privacy with social login? The likelihood that any Australian Government is going to create an online identity credential now seems distant with the National Trusted Identities Framework (NTIF) almost forgotten. How quickly the Internet...
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