Ransomware may be declining overall, but the paralysation of a Malvern hospital’s cardiac unit is a reminder that such attacks are an omnipresent threat to business continuity and the integrity of sensitive personally identifiable information (PII).
David Braue | 21 Feb | Read more
Security executives believing they can prevent mass leakage of personally identifiable information (PII) must adjust their expectations because most PII is already available on the dark Web and even on public indices, high-profile security journalist Brian Krebs has warned.
David Braue | 12 Oct | Read more
Many businesses are investing heavily in increasingly-commoditised mobile device management (MDM) tools that are failing to address the real issues facing organisations trying to securely utilise mobile devices, the head of BlackBerry’s security software efforts has warned as the company signed on a raft of new ANZ clients.
David Braue | 04 Nov | Read more
Australia's increasing culture of data surveillance is reshaping conversations between software developers and clients working to minimise their data-security risk by implementing stronger security tools in a more user-friendly way, a prominent privacy advocate and developer has observed.
David Braue | 28 May | Read more
Only 54 percent of workers believe their employers have given them adequate training about how to preserve the privacy of customers' personally identifiable information (PII), a new survey has found as privacy authorities spruik a new privacy management framework designed to help Australian organisations improve privacy compliance efforts that have been slammed as inconsistent and unbelievable by consumers.
David Braue | 08 May | Read more