Social Engineering — Opinions

Data Breaches Set to Rise in 2015

2015 is likely to be ‘as bad or worse’ for large-scale data breaches than 2014, when a series of incidents at large companies exposed the sensitive information of millions of people and businesses, according to a new report.

Thu Pham | 10 Feb | Read more

Smart Cities deliver Innovation & Security

Smart city projects are among the most exciting technological initiatives around today and will play a major role in the world’s future growth and security. Modern technology lets us track and monitor many elements in a major urban environment – noise, light, traffic, weather, accidents and incidents, and use this data to improve people’s living and working conditions.

Gordon Makryllos | 24 Oct | Read more

Navigating the balancing act: how to support user privacy whilst maintaining control of corporate-owned data

It goes without saying that government surveillance news dominates our media. From a global standpoint, the NSA leaks brought international attention to state organised spying. Locally, the Australian Government has been making headlines over its plans to develop legislation that will allow it to more easily access metadata from large organisations and telecoms providers to gain information on the consumers using their services in a bid to prevent acts of terrorism

David Balazsy | 03 Oct | Read more