Cyber security guidelines are being released or updated in the financial sector in Malaysia (RMiT), Singapore (TRMG) and Australia (CPG-234) amongst other countries in Asia Pacific.
Ashwin Pal |
05 Aug |
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The benefit of covering all of Asia Pacific (APAC) is that you get to see and experience how things are done broadly within the region.
Ashwin Pal |
15 Mar |
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Scammers and cyber criminals are very adept at coming up with new and inventive ways of tricking us into clicking that link and supplying our credentials or credit card information. I have seen emails and websites recently that look just like the real thing.
Ashwin Pal |
12 Dec |
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Transform or die – this has been the mantra for successful businesses throughout the ages, and now more than ever we are seeing technology enable the digital transformation of business.
Ashwin Pal |
24 Sep |
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Hardly a week goes by where there isn’t coverage of a major security breach in the media. Organisations are spending more and more money on cyber security preventive measures yet the breaches seem to keep increasing. I am often asked “what are the top things that need to change to stem this flow?”.
Ashwin Pal |
16 Apr |
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It is rare for a week to go by where a global cyber-security issue has not made the headlines. The latest one has been the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities that many are still struggling to patch.
Ashwin Pal |
15 Feb |
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We have just witnessed two significant ransomware / malware attacks in as many months that caused a lot of disruption to businesses globally. Some like TNT are still struggling to recover at the time of writing this whitepaper (10-07-2017).
Ashwin Pal |
13 Jul |
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By now, most of you would have heard about the havoc that WannaCry has caused globally. It is regarded as the biggest cyber-attack of its kind ever and has brought many organisations to its knees most notably the NHS in the UK.
Ashwin Pal |
15 May |
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2016 has been a tough year for IT security and the trend seems to be continuing into 2017.
Ashwin Pal |
12 May |
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Most would agree that we live in a time where trust, particularly digital trust, is probably at its lowest point it has been for a while.
Ashwin Pal |
27 Apr |
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“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle” – Sun Tzu, The Art of War
Ashwin Pal |
03 Mar |
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Two of the most fundamental and perhaps difficult questions to answer in relation to information protection are:1.How do I know what to protect? 2.How do I go about protecting it?
Ashwin Pal |
19 Jan |
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A lot has been said recently about IT security governance and IT security governance frameworks.
Ashwin Pal |
19 Jan |
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As an IT security professional, I have been asked the question’ How does security add value to the business?’ many times. In this article I will attempt to answer this question and explain how the concepts can be applied.
Ashwin Pal |
17 Jan |
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By now all of you must have heard about the debacle that is the latest census. The intent of going electronic was right, but the execution left a lot to be desired!
Ashwin Pal |
16 Aug |
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