by Alex W. | Sep 18, 2014 | Crime, Government large and small, Identity, management and leadership, Organisations
The trusted insider. Helping organisations protect themselves against trusted insiders I attended the Security in Government (SIG) conference in Canberra earlier this month. I am somewhat biased, but I think that SIG is probably the best annual security related...
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...
by Alex W. | Mar 12, 2014 | Big data, Fraud, Identity, Organisations, Privacy
Privacy strengthened in Australia The Australian Privacy Principles come into force on 12 March. The APPs extend coverage of privacy laws to most business with turnover of $3 million or more. Fines of $1.7 million are possible for breaches. Australian Privacy...
by Alex W. | Sep 26, 2013 | Big data, Crime, Cybersecurity, Fraud, Identity
Cyber Identity theft service sold personal information on US citizens by compromising multinational consumer and business data aggregators An identity theft service that sells Social Security numbers, birth records, credit and background reports on millions of US...
by Alex W. | Sep 10, 2013 | Community and Society, Government large and small, Identity
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...
by Alex W. | Jul 8, 2013 | Cybersecurity, Government large and small, Identity, Organisations, Practical
Is it possible for health practitioners to achieve information security? Maybe a better question is “How can health professionals balance privacy, information security and accessibility in an online world?” Or even, should the medical profession be...
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