Tag: data breach

News (36)

• Interception overhaul may OK ISP spying

  The Federal Government is planning a radical overhaul of telecommunications interception rules, which has some concerned it may be used to force internet service providers (ISP) to inspect customers' online activities.

• Giant Aussie 2009 predictions round-up

  What will 2009 hold for Australia's ICT industry? We asked dozens of local leaders for their predictions; and this is what they came up with.

• WPA Wi-Fi encryption cracked

  Researchers have found a method of cracking a key encryption feature used in securing wireless systems that doesn't require trying a large number of possibilities.

• CD with 3,000 taxpayer details goes missing

  A compact disc containing taxation details of 3,122 Australian taxpayers has gone missing whilst en route to the Australian Taxation Office from its printers.

• Google defends privacy credentials

  Google has defended its privacy credentials following a claim by Microsoft's privacy chief last week that the search giant was a decade behind Microsoft when it came to privacy.

Blogs (6)

• D'Ascenzo: Read p23 of security review

  Following yesterday's admission by the Australian Taxation Office that its courier had lost a CD containing the details of 3,000 self-managed super funds, it wants to review how it handles information. My suggestion: go back to the review completed in April.

• Australian security: the lucky country

  Does anyone seriously believe that Australian businesses and government agencies manage security any better than the US or UK?

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  Gold star for the ATO

  If Australia is going to take information security seriously, we need more people like the ATO's CIO, Bill Gibson.

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  Why I hate the Privacy Commissioner's office

  According to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner's 2007 annual report, Australian consumers should feel pretty safe but that's because it's full of crap.

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  Sticking it to USB sticks, again

  A new survey highlights a predictable problem: there could be lots of risky private information stored on USB sticks. That's about as surprising as Paris Hilton flaunting her lady garden in public.

Features and Case Studies (9)

• Giant Aussie 2009 predictions round-up

  What will 2009 hold for Australia's ICT industry? We asked dozens of local leaders for their predictions; and this is what they came up with.

• Q&A: Clearswift CTO

  In this interview, Clearswift chief technology officer Alf Pilgrim discusses rising spam volumes, the Australian government's plan to filter the internet, and why IT can't play nanny any more for the business it serves.

• How Estonia's attacks shook the world

  The idea that attacks on computer systems could provide an alternative method of spreading terror and disruption has been a concern for governments since IT systems began to proliferate.

• Making the security ROI model work

  Chief Security Officers face a challenging quandary at budget-time because the traditional return on investment (ROI) model falls apart when it is applied to security products but as that is the only language budget-approvers speak, what is a CSO to do?

• UK: Data breach offences deserve jail time

  Top executives should face prison if their organisations are found to be responsible for losing customer data.

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