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December 23, 2017 Steve...K.

Brian Valentine “Every operating system out there is about equal… We all suck.”

December 3, 2017 Steve...K.

Edmund Burke “Better be despised for too anxious apprehensions, than ruined by too confident security.”

November 22, 2017 Steve...K.

Dwight D. Eisenhower “We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security.”

October 28, 2017 Steve...K.

Gene Spafford “Those of us in security are very much like heart doctors — cardiologists. Our patients know that lack of exercise, too much dietary fat, and smoking are all bad for them. But they will continue to smoke, and eat fried foods, and practice being couch potatoes until they have their infarction….”

October 20, 2017 Steve...K.

Bruce Schneier “If someone steals your password, you can change it. But if someone steals your thumbprint, you can’t get a new thumb. The failure modes are very different”

October 6, 2017 Steve...K.

Whitfield Diffie “The decision we make about communication security today will determine the kind of society we live in tomorrow”

September 22, 2017September 25, 2017 Steve...K.

Curtis Simpson “People don’t join cybersecurity to click buttons and create firewall rules – They want to work on interesting things that drives a sense of accomplishment”

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Australian Privacy Act

Mandatory Data Breach Notification SchemeFebruary 22nd, 2018
From 22 February 2018, the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) will include a mandatory data breach notification scheme. This means you will have to alert authorities and all affected individuals about any ‘eligible data breach’ which takes place in your company.

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