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The Association for Data-driven Marketing and Advertising CEO Jodie Sangster is not convinced that there is a need for data breach notification legislation and this appears to be a common theme from business representatives.
Gregory's Take provides a commentary on the telecommunication network, information technology and digital security industries in an Australian context.
The constant and ongoing attacks against Australians have hit the news again this week so attention will be focused on the Coalition's actions to stop hackers. In an article on Technology Spectator titled The Coalition needs to act on data breach laws recent events in Queensland and Indonesia highlight the ease at which hackers send shivers down the spines of politicians and break into Australian business websites.
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Tomorrow I will be chairing the Corprate Cyber Security Summit at the Grand Hyatt Melbourne. The speakers will be covering topics including cloud security and mobile apps and BYOD. The topics are all of vital interest to business, so take the opportunity to register and come along.
The cyber-attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment in late November is not the first time that the Sony Corporation has been a target for cyber-criminals and if anything is to be learned from the attacks on Sony is that corporations are not taking cyber-security seriously.
In The Australian today the focus is on how the company building the National Broadband Network will be hard-pressed to defend aspects of its network design after the most recent update to the Network Design Rules (NDR). The decision by the government to force NBN to use a lowest cost rollout approach has meant that company finds itself adopting technologies and a network design that will be outdated even before the rollout is completed.
The darknet is a private network that utilises non-standard protocols and Internet Protocol ports. We're you aware that there is a battle going on to break into some of the well known examples of darknet including the one buit with Tor? What is happening is discussed today in an article in CSO and why it is important to every organisation to keep an eye on the battle over the darknet's future.
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The international cyber-security versus cyber-crime battle is gathering pace and what we’re seeing is the formation of international alliances to fight this rising scourge. However, the online world is unlike any other, it will take more than a defensive mindset to win this battle. Today in CSO the active response option is highlighted and moves around the world to take the fight to cyber-criminals are discussed.
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The discussion this week in Business Spectator revolves around how the Abbott government has caved in to sustained pressure from the US media industry and introduced copyright laws into parliament that appear to have the sole purpose of stamping out the rebellion against delayed access to content and rip-off prices. Was it a coincidence that the Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull introduced the
Australians are waging a pitched battle with foreign multinationals seeking to control trade and maintain pricing mechanisms that put local consumers at a disadvantage. Fed on a diet of geo-blocking, slow content delivery and price gouging Australian consumers have opted to strike back through means that the content industry wants to label illegal.