by Alex W. | Dec 6, 2012 | Cybersecurity, Government large and small, Identity, Organisations
I was asked to give a snapshot about what I thought the big risks for organisations were likely to be in the cyber world in 2013. Below are eight trends that I think are more likely than not to be important in the next twelve months. 1 Boards continue to struggle to...
by Alex W. | Dec 5, 2012 | management and leadership, Organisations, Practical
I was at the launch last Thursday of ‘Security is your business 2’. If you are interested or responsible for Enterprise Risk Management on a practical level, then this DVD will help your organisation. The DVD includes interviews with Australian and...
by Alex W. | Nov 12, 2012 | Cybersecurity, Identity, Organisations, Practical
Last week Pizza Hut Australia admitted that its cyber-defences had been breached. Unfortunately the attackers did get hold of customers’ names and addresses. Technically it seems that Pizza Hut didn’t get breached, but the website providers who host their site did....
by Alex W. | Oct 3, 2012 | Community and Society, management and leadership, Organisations
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...
by Alex W. | Sep 11, 2012 | Community and Society, Cybersecurity, Government large and small, Identity, Individual and Personal Resilience
“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...
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