by Alex W. | Sep 6, 2013 | Crime, Cybersecurity, Government large and small
Have the NSA and GCHQ been building vulnerabilities into commercial encryption products? If this is true, another argument for open source software has been made. Articles in the New York Times and the Guardian alleged that the N.S.A. has been deliberately weakening...
by Alex W. | Aug 30, 2013 | Cybersecurity, Government large and small, Organisations, Resilience
News that the New York Times was hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army is interesting not because of the fact that NYT was hacked by the hacking group, but by the method of gaining access. According to this article, information security at the NYT fell over because...
by Alex W. | Aug 23, 2013 | Organisations, Resilience
A biological approach to organisational resilience By a lapsed microbiologist “Organisational resilience is only achievable through adaptability” Too many leaders start believing their own press and thinking that they are able to predict the future....
by Alex W. | Jul 19, 2013 | Crime, Fraud, Government large and small, Individual and Personal Resilience, Organisations, Quirky
A culture of entitlement is corrosive in a government agency or any organisation I’ve just come across a USA government document which is both fun to read and educational. Its called the Encyclopedia of ethical failure 2013, its published by the US Defense...
by Alex W. | Jul 9, 2013 | Cybersecurity, Organisations
Making strategic decisions about cyber security, or any sort of security needs to be done a the board level. It is difficult to get company boards to focus on strategic issues, despite the fact that this is what they are theoretically meant to do. Companies are busy...
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...
by Alex W. | May 28, 2013 | Cybersecurity, Government large and small, Organisations
You may have seen some fairly alarmist reporting from the ABC about Chinese interests hacking ASIO, Australia’s version of the FBI. New espionage? For those who haven’t seen it. The allegations come from the Four Corners program and relate to...
by Alex W. | Apr 30, 2013 | Community and Society, Identity, Quirky
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....
by Alex W. | Apr 4, 2013 | Cybersecurity, Organisations, Practical
In the digital world it is very easy to create data, very difficult to get rid of it Like us all, government agencies are creating huge amounts of information. Lots of it is classified either to protect privacy or for national security. This is what should happen,...
by Alex W. | Mar 14, 2013 | Cybersecurity, Government large and small, Organisations
ENISA, Europe’s network and information security agency, just released a report looking at cloud computing from the perspective of critical infrastructure protection. ENISA asserts that 80% of large organisations will be using cloud solutions within two years. The...
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