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. | 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...
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