One of Australia’s top communications law think tanks has challenged the legality of online service provider privacy agreements with consumers in a new report released yesterday.
Andrew Colley | 15 Sep | Read more
As one of the architects of the popular PGP program, you’d expect Peter Gutmann from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Auckland to be extolling the virtues of encryption for protecting out data. Instead, he says “Encryption is the chicken soup of security, feel free to apply it if it makes you feel batter because it’s not going to make things any worse, but it may not make things any better either”.
Anthony Caruana | 06 Aug | Read more
Organisations recognise the importance of data security in the future, but are struggling to translate that knowledge into clear policies that demonstrate transparency and trust, a new survey has found.
David Braue | 01 May | Read more
Some of the biggest banks Wall Street are leaving a "backdoor" wide open for hackers by failing to extend security governance to high risk suppliers.
Retailers like Home Depot, which recently suffered a major data breach, have known for years about vulnerabilities in payment systems, but have chosen to ignore them, experts say.
Antone Gonsalves | 16 Sep | Read more
The arrest of Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu in China on spying charges has brought home the need for CIOs to examine data security according to the CEO of security company PGP, Phil Dunkelberger.
Tim Lohman | 12 Aug | Read more