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Security Professionalisation in Australasia
Security Professionalisation in Australasia Security Professionalisation is an issue that all who are involved or care about societal resilience should be concerned about. I've just written an article for Security Solutions Magazine talking about the efforts that a...
The state of ICT Security
State of ICT Security - Attackers take over SCADA controlled steelworks furnace and caused massive damage The threat to online assets from attackers remains critical according to a report just released on the State of ICT security by the German Government. Cloud...
Sydney Siege
The siege in a chocolate shop in Sydney's CBD ended early this morning AEST. Three people died, including one purported to be the gunman Haron Monis. There will necessarily be intense scrutiny on the forces used to resolve a violent event. However, it is important to...
Privacy and social login
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...
Climate sustainability and resilience
Resilience for organisations is bound to their adaptability to climate change both in the short and long term. A review of US public companies shows a number of climate related risks and costs. Their ability to adapt and become resilient to climate change is starting...
Cyber resilience update
Cyber resilience One of the most important aspects of resilience in the information age is understanding the environment in which we exist. Resilience is adaptability in a changing environment, the more we understand that change, the less painful it is. Here are a few...
Privacy in an information age – Does it exist?
The Four Corners program that aired tonight "In Google We Trust" was interesting if a little alarmist as these things sometimes are. But it did make some good points about privacy in the information age. There was an interesting piece of information about the NSW...
Privacy, public surveillance, terrorism
Is Privacy overrated, or should we just think about it in a more balanced way? Richard Posner (US Judge) in an opinion piece in the NY Times has responded to NY Mayor Bloomberg's view that there should be a more welcoming attitude towards surveillance cameras....
Complexity and organisational resilience
On the face of it, complex systems might have more resilience than those that are simple because they can have more safeguards built-in and more redundancy. However, this is not supported by real world observation. Simply put, more complexity means more things can go...
Online trusted identities – a primer
"Trust is the currency of the new economy" You may have heard recently about the efforts being promoted by the USA and Australia amongst others to promote trusted online identities. There are also significant efforts in the private sector to develop online trust...
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