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• How to balance cloud investment risk

  The C-suite and boards of directors often think about investment decisions under three key pillars – Will this decision make money? Will it save money elsewhere? And what is the risk?

• Cyber security's image problem has created a diversity nightmare

  ​The cyber security industry has an image problem which is turning off capable candidates from pursuing careers in the profession.

• Brisbane City Council serves TechnologyOne $50M+ damages claim

  ​TechnologyOne has received a claim for damages in excess of $50 million from Brisbane City Council (BCC).

• ​CSIRO and AICD to lift company boards’ cyber literacy

  CSIRO’s Data61 and the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) will soon create a security education and training program to lift the digital and cyber literacy of company boards.
  

• Australia an innovation laggard: Where we went wrong

  Australian innovation is stuck in a rut. Why did this happen and how can we pick up the pace?

• Risk management lagging in digital world

  Two thirds of CIOs believe their risk management strategies are failing to keep up with new threats created by the shift to digital, a Gartner survey has found.
  

• IT security is national security -- but you're not alone

  National security may be at stake as private businesses try to manage a growing number of cyberthreats, but IT professionals shouldn't have to bear that burden alone.

• CIOs seen as obstacles to improving information security: survey

  One of the biggest obstacles to improving information security within an organisation is the business executives, with the CIO being a big part of the problem, PwC's Global State of Information Security 2014 report has revealed.
  

• Reducing data breach risk through the ‘datensparsamkeit’ approach

  Software design firm Thoughtworks is urging companies to avoid storing large amounts of unnecessary personal data, following recent data breaches at Target and Neiman Marcus in the United States.

• Financial services firms concerned about risk systems

  More than one-third of financial services firms recently surveyed by Deloitte say they are concerned about the data quality and management capabilities of their risk management systems.

• Analytics company, Brinqa, puts a price on risk

  An analytics company is trying a novel approach to evaluating risk: by putting a price on it.

• Spy-proof enterprise encryption is possible, but daunting

  Data encryption could help enterprises protect their sensitive information against mass surveillance by governments, as well as guard against unauthorized access by ill-intended third parties, but the correct implementation and use of data encryption technologies is not an easy task, according to security experts.

• Plugging network leaks

  Plugging network security leaks is an essential responsibility for companies, private organizations and technology professionals. Achieving that goal requires discovery tools that scour every asset, including those not currently under management, and also map connectivity between institutions involved with an organization's sensitive information around IT compliance, corporate security, product development, critical infrastructure protection and other relevant issues.

• CIO at hospital caring for Boston Marathon bombing victims and suspect shares lessons learned

  Dr. John Halamka, CIO at the hospital where Boston Marathon bombing patients and suspects have been treated over the past week, has shared in a blog post Tuesday lessons learned from an IT and security management perspective.

• CFOs confident to take on more risk, engage in digital disruption: survey

  With concerns over the economy in China and the United States abating, as well as strong balance sheets and cash flows, CFOs are more confident to take on more risk and help deliver growth in their organisations, according to Deloitte’s latest Quarterly CFO Survey.