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Cloud Computing: What does it mean for SMEs?
Matthew Sorell | June 6, 2010Cloud computing opens up a range of commercial advantages to SMEs, both as consumers and as providers; but it pays to be informed about your rights and obligations under Australian law.
Cloud computing is the notion that you can put or process your data “in the cloud somewhere”. Where it is and how it got there is not your problem. How reliably it’s stored, whether it can be hacked into, and a whole host of other issues shouldn’t be your problem either; in the ideal cloud environment.
But back in the real world, reliability, access, security and recoverability are your problem, and that means that you do care where your data is and how it got there. How do you respond?
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IT security as important as locking up your office
Sassoon Grigorian | June 6, 2010Protect yourself from cyber criminals and get the most out of the opportunities online services and cloud computing offer your business.
It is clear to most that the Internet provides significant benefits for individuals, business and governments. In particular, the Internet has enabled massive improvements in SME productivity from simple time saving tasks resulting from online banking through to the freedom of the smart phone.
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Practical Privacy: What goes around …
Malcolm Crompton | June 5, 2010Two of the last projects I initiated as Privacy Commissioner were:
• The first Privacy Impact Assessment Guide; and
• Privacy & Boards: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You.The first PIA Guide was finalised and launched in August 2006 by my successor, Karen Curtis. The launch and its subsequent promulgation and uptake within Government has been a real success story.
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Does it have to be so complicated?
James Kelaher | June 5, 2010National Cyber Security Awareness Week reminds us to update our security software regularly, but when it’s a ridiculously complicated obstacle course it’s not surprising that most of us don’t complete it.
Safe online behaviour is not just about telling (and re-telling) people about the do’s and don’ts of online behaviour.
For starters, people don’t always listen and secondly, even when they do, they may not understand how to respond. The internet is only about a decade old and many people have only become users in the last couple of years, a lot of stuff that happens online is still quite foreign and seems unpredictable.
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Welcome to the SME Cyber Security Blog Hub
Stephen Conroy | June 5, 2010There are some simple steps people can take to improve their online security at home and at work.
Ensuring Australians are aware of the importance of cyber security is a key focus of the Rudd Government, and it’s why we have established National Cyber Security Awareness Week.
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Health Information Exchange becoming a reality in Canada. When in Australia?
Malcolm Crompton | June 4, 2010Done right, an approach based on Health Information Exchange would be vastly CHEAPER AND BETTER if government established a well regulated, competitive market place for the supply of services instead of building a monopoly that will inevitably fall behind the 8-ball.
Canada is getting on with the job that matters with eHealth information: Health Information Exchange (I call it HIX…). In Australia, are we running the risk of building last century’s equivalent: a large, monolithic Health Information Record (eHR) system?
Hopefully not.
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UncategorisedCongratulations: Australian International Design Awards 2010
editor | June 1, 2010
Executive Director of the Australian International Design Awards reflects on more than a decade of supporting good design and the growing importance of the program. Read his blog.. -
Child-sex tourism legislation neglected and abused
Susan Merrell | May 31, 2010The application of Australia’s child-sex tourism legislation seems to be suffering from being either under-policed or exploited.
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Bringing up a Daughter! Islamic Perspective and Muslim Societies
Open Forum | May 30, 2010Bringing up a Daughter!
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Time for the Real You to Come Out
Clive Leach | May 28, 2010Events over the last week or so concerning the ‘outing’ of a senior politician bring into sharp focus the challenges still faced by many in the lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) community in being able to live and work authentically.
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UncategorisedALRC Family Violence Blog Closes 4 June
editor | May 27, 2010
The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) is hosting a blog as part of the public consultation process of their current Family Violence Inquiry. Visit the blog and have your say today. -
Brisbane, Melbourne & ‘Freo’, 3 models for bike-sharing
Brodie McCulloch | May 27, 2010How a Bike Share Social Enterprise can change Australian Transportation.
Bike Sharing has become one of the primary forms of inner city transportation in many cities around the world. It allows local residents, business commuters and tourists to make short trips around a city by bike rather than using buses, trains, taxies or their normal car. The advantages of such a system are instantly recognisable from the reduced emissions that are generated through not using automotive transportation to the health benefits from cycling rather than driving.
