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Security + privacy = successful business
Malcolm Crompton | July 19, 2011How you manage your online security and information is an important part of running a business. As a former Australian Privacy Commissioner I believe that while Cyber Security and privacy are different, they depend on each other.
Security is about ensuring that you and your company have control of the information in the business and that it is neither being stolen by someone nor are you losing it. Having established control, privacy is what you do with the staff and customer information you have in the organisation.
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Every Day’s a Happy Birthday to Identity Thieves
Matthew Sorell | July 17, 2011Facebook is a global phenomenon, with over 750 million users. It's a great tool and I enjoy using it to keep in touch with my friends and family, but its attitude to personal information has come under scrutiny of late.
With so many of us, and our kids, using it to stay in touch, it’s really important that we all become better informed and more proactive as consumers regarding our security and privacy. Facebook is 'free', but you pay for it with valuable personal data eagerly sought by identity thieves.
Facebook emphasises that your data is safe within their system and is unlikely to be hacked, but the problem lies in its constant gearing towards the sharing of more personal information – from birthdays and relationships to pets. People are getting wise and hiding that personal information until you “friend” them, but it can be very hard to hide your data properly.
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All I want for National Diabetes Week…..
Renza Scibilia | July 15, 2011This week is National Diabetes Week. Here at Diabetes Australia – Vic we are urging the one million Australians with diabetes to have their eyes checked and for all Australians to assess their risk to find the 2 million at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes. It’s an incredibly important campaign that has a two pronged approach because we have two different audiences – people with type 1 diabetes and people with or at risk of type 2.
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What is complex project management?
Stephen Hayes | July 14, 2011Classical project management is an essential element in delivering good complex project management (CPM) – but it’s not sufficient.
I was recently asked by a delegate at the IDEAA conference what the difference was between existing project process and methods and complex project management.
When we refer to “complex projects” we talk about those were there is significant ambiguity or uncertainty amongst the stakeholders; sometimes this is because of political influence, new technologies or cultural differences. Scale can add to complexity, but even very large scale projects are not by definition necessarily more complex.
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Discover & Ignite Your Strengths – Building Flourishing Individuals & Organisations
Clive Leach | July 13, 2011When was the last time you really felt ‘in the zone’? When you felt energised and engaged, stretched and challenged, hours passed like minutes, you were living life with purpose and you could taste achievement or success?
Well the chances are that whatever was going on, at work, study or play, you were using your strengths!
We know that working to our strengths is good for us and has a direct impact on our overall well-being, resilience and performance.
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Walking the tightrope
patrickcallioni | July 11, 2011Being in a government is very much like walking on a tightrope, with the abyss of irrelevance below and gusts of wind buffeting you from both sides, sometimes all at once.
For Prime Minister Gillard it is even harder, because she has to carry on her shoulders the deadweight of the shattered reputation of the Rudd Government, as well as the expectations of the independents who keep Labor in power.
Now Ms Gillard has made matters worse, the polls suggest, by adding a heavy policy burden to complicate her perilous position. And the May Budget did not help.
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UncategorisedHelp your heart this Diabetes Awareness Week
editor | July 8, 2011
Australians are reminded to protect their hearts this Diabetes Awareness Week, 8-14 July, as the Australian Diabetes Council focuses in on simple lifestyle changes to protect from our country’s biggest killer. Diabetes is not only Australia’s fastest growing chronic disease, but one of the leading contributing factors in cardiovascular disease. People with diabetes are three to four times more likely to develop cardiovascular disease than those who do not have diabetes.
This Diabetes Awareness Week, July 8-14, the Australian Diabetes Council is urging all Australians to be aware of simple changes that can be made to prevent cardiovascular related complications of diabetes such as heart attack and stroke.
Australian Diabetes Council will launch a new diabetes and heart health booklet in Diabetes Awareness Week. -
Usability, User Control, Safety and Privacy – Help is at hand!
Malcolm Crompton | July 8, 2011We have seen the incredible impact of the iPhone and iPad on the every day lives of so many of us. Overnight, they completely reset our expectations of benchmark usability.
As a result, many of us are collecting and sharing more information than ever before. Including personal information.
But what are the safety implications of this new ease and appeal?
Like a new, fast car, are we being seduced into driving too fast? Do these new devices have sufficient safety features and are we sufficiently well educated and experienced to drive at the new speeds available to us?
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Australia to announce carbon tax of $23, say media reports
PawasArora | July 7, 2011The Australian government is set to announced a carbon tax of $23 as the government concluded political negotiations with all the parties recently. Prime Minister Julia Gillard had led the negotiations with the Greens and Independents on several issues regarding the proposed carbon tax.
Among other decisions taken during the negotiations, use of petrol by cars, light vehicles and small businesses has been exempted from the carbon tax. However, heavy commercial vehicles such as trucks have not been exempted. It is expected that public transport might eventually been affected by the carbon tax.
Doing Business in Singapore & Australia: Carrot vs Stick
Michael Coomer | July 7, 2011Nearly four years ago, I began the process of moving the base of my business from Australia to Singapore, and I haven’t looked back. I am by no means the first person to make the observation that Singapore is a great environment in which to run a company.
