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 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. | 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 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,...
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