Showing posts with label security. Show all posts
Showing posts with label security. Show all posts
Monday, April 09, 2018

How modern democracies face destruction if they can't stop building digital Maginot Lines

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The recent revelations in the media about the collection of personal information from up to 87 million Facebook users by Cambridge Analytic...
Tuesday, January 24, 2017

You've Been Hacked - how far should governments go to protect against the influence of foreign states?

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Like most people with a broad digital footprint I've been hacked multiple times, usually in fairly minor ways. Around ten years ago ...
Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Have you been pawned? What could Australian governments do to reduce the frequency of data breaches

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Data breaches at major organisations have become a weekly event, but don't always make it into the public eye for months, or even years...
Friday, August 26, 2016

How to shut down the easiest path for hackers into your organisation

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In the news today is a story about how the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet has issued guidance to staff on how to manage their per...
Friday, August 05, 2016

Is it time for governments to extend digital security protections to all parliamentary candidates & parties?

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Over the last few years we've seen increasing attention on the use of personal technology by politicians. From our current Prime Mini...
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Liveblog for Govinnovate 2014 Day 2

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We're into day 2 of GovInnovate, with a focus on IT security. Keep an eye on the liveblog below and the Twitter hashtag #govinnovate ...
Tuesday, September 23, 2014

What penalties are there for agencies and individuals who breach government security and accessibility policies for websites and online channels?

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I regularly hear stories from people in government agencies and councils about how their organisation isn't meeting mandated security a...
Tuesday, March 05, 2013

Pre-pubescent hackers - what are governments doing to protect their systems?

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Hacking is child's play - or so it seems as young people, some aged only 11, are beginning to use various tools and instructions online...
Friday, November 16, 2012

Are organisations failing in their use of social media and apps as customer service channels?

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Guy Cranswick of IBRS has brought my attention to a media release about a new report from  Fifth Quadrant , a leading Australian customer e...
Monday, March 05, 2012

Who is your Marketing or Communications CIO?

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I was struck by a comment from Dan Hoban (@dwhoban) at GovCamp Queensland on Saturday, which resonated with me, and with others in the audi...
Wednesday, February 15, 2012

The perils of legislating channels (and the issue of website filters)

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The Australian Parliament House recently released their new website  - a major step-up from the previous site. However in reading an arti...
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Friday, December 23, 2011

Is inappropriate social media use really an issue for government?

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With some of the concerns and processes I've witnessed in government it would be easy to draw the conclusion that hundreds or even thou...
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Reflection on Mia's Facebook presentation from Day 1 of Social Media in Government

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I'm only here for a few presentations today at Informa's Social Media in Government conference, so are blogging rather than liveblo...
Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Crowdsourcing serious government policy - now not only thinkable, but desirable

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Crowdsourcing is often used in government for 'light' topics, such as selecting a logo or sourcing audience-created videos or photos...
Thursday, May 19, 2011

21st Century society vs 19th Century laws and policing

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Laws have always struggled to keep up with society, however rarely in such a vivid and public way as in Wednesday's arrest of Sydney Mor...
Tuesday, March 08, 2011

Doing good while improving security with ReCAPTCHA

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There's still many government online forms and consultation systems that don't make use of 'human recognition' tools such as...
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Thursday, March 03, 2011

What is muting Australian public servants online?

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Over the last two years we've seen a concerted effort by governments across Australia to increase the level of online engagement, debate...
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Tuesday, March 01, 2011

Should an employer ever require your social media passwords as an employment condition?

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At least one state agency in the US, Maryland Division of Correction, recently started requiring employees to provide their personal Faceboo...