Chloe Biscoe Archive
LinkedIn’s 2018 Emerging Jobs: Singapore report has ranked ‘cyber security specialist’ as the second fastest-growing job role in the country. Why are cyber security specialists in high demand? The report examined LinkedIn’s data from the past five years and found …
FreshMenu, a food delivery service based in India, has apologised after it failed to inform affected customers of a data breach that took place in 2016. How did the breach occur – and why did it go unannounced for so …
MAS (the Monetary Authority of Singapore) has issued a consultation paper proposing six essential cyber security measures that FIs (financial institutions) in Singapore will be required to implement in order to better protect their IT systems. The move, announced on …
More than 100 Australian e-commerce sites have been found to contain a malicious script that is capable of stealing shoppers’ identity and card details. How does the malware work? A Netherlands-based security researcher, Willem de Groot, found that thousands of …
According to Frost & Sullivan’s 2017 Global Information Security Workforce Study, 61% of organisations in Asia-Pacific suffer from a shortage of information security staff. Although this is marginally better than other regions across the world, most organisations believe this shortage …
Australian staffing solutions firm OneHalf has reportedly exposed the records of hundreds of employees in a public GitHub repository. How did the data breach occur? iTnews reported that “hundreds of workers’ details revealed, including detailed medical data”, and that …
The Shanghai police is investigating what seems to be the loss of 130 million customers’ personal data from the Huazhu Hotels Group after the data appeared for sale on a dark web forum. The Huazhu Hotels Group, which manages more …
A recent review from job site Indeed has suggested that Australia has only 7% of the cyber security skills that it needs. Market demand for cyber security specialists has more than tripled in four months Developments in the industry, such …
Achieving and maintaining certification to ISO 27001 can be a complicated job, particularly if you’re new to the Standard. In our podcast, we caught up with ISO 27001 expert Alan Calder, who led the implementation of the world’s first accredited …
An audit report from WA’s (Western Australia’s) Auditor General has identified large information security weaknesses in WA government agencies. The report examined general computer controls across 47 government agencies, and the use of passwords at 17 agencies. Caroline Spencer, WA’s …
