If you’re in the business of handling personal data of any kind, today marks the start of new regulations that’ll change the way you do business. The new Notifiable Data Breaches (NDB) scheme comes in to force. From today onwards, …
“Is the internet making you dumb?” It’s a question that might sound rhetorical at first. Especially if your first thoughts upon reading it were of cat pictures, strangers getting in to arguments, and fake news websites. But it’s a question …
‘Insider risk’ is the risk that something with a negative impact might be done by an employee, former employee, contractor or even a business associate. It’s a phrase that’s often used in reference to keeping intellectual property safe, or preventing …
Aussie cities are getting more and more public Wi-Fi hotspots. Not only are they all through our CBDs, airports and public libraries, they’re basically a must-have for any hip café these days. In fact, many of us rely on public …
When many people think of data theft, they think of shady-looking hackers trying to remotely get in to a bank or government organisation. They think of customer details being stolen from websites the average Joe (or Jo) wouldn’t want to …
In the lead up to the Easter long weekend, many small business owners are thinking about how to manage the challenges of the upcoming break.Some are shutting down for a few days, some are looking at staffing levels and costs …
Plenty of people think that their identity – name, date of birth, address, passwords, etc. – isn’t valuable enough to become the target of a hack. They assume that, because they don’t have a certain level of assets or because …
