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. | 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. | 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...
by Alex W. | Sep 4, 2012 | Biometrics, Cybersecurity, Identity, Individual and Personal Resilience, Quirky
A legislative approach that defines as ‘sensitive’ any biometric measurement shows a lack of common sense and understanding of the science. A better approach would be to protect those aspects of sensitive personal information (eg sexuality, political...
by Alex W. | Aug 22, 2012 | Community and Society, Cybersecurity, Government large and small, Quirky
I’ve been thinking for the best part of the last decade about Internet governance and its impact on national security. In that time, little has changed to improve security for users. The Internet as we know it today can be compared in many ways to the high seas...
by Alex W. | Aug 3, 2012 | Cybersecurity, Government large and small, Organisations, Practical
This might seem a brave call when talking about cyber-security threat information. But the truth is that the cyber world forces a new paradigm on security. The tools that are familiar in the offline world for providing elements of security, such as obscurity, tend to...
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