data protection
January 5th, 2021 | by
Alfred Siew However you see it, the fact that TraceTogether contact-tracing data can be used by the police looks bad. This is not how you build...
June 23rd, 2020 | by
Grace Chng Veeam has seen business grow as organisations become more aware of data protection including security services and cloud management...
June 17th, 2020 | by
Grace Chng Despite moving to the cloud, many organisations still have legacy applications that are hard to migrate and pose a problem for data...
June 8th, 2020 | by
Alfred Siew The TraceTogther wearable's use should be narrowly defined. It must be used for only one purpose - contact tracing - and this should be clear to...
May 18th, 2020 | by
Alfred Siew People should be asking is what types of data will be collected and how it will be handled and used, so that they can evaluate their...
December 23rd, 2019 | by
Alfred Siew Even with the best intentions, the government cannot simply say "trust us" when dealing with citizen data. Trust has to be...
July 17th, 2019 | by
Alfred Siew The review of government security measures to safeguard citizen data in Singapore seems to be getting off to a good...
June 6th, 2019 | by
Grace Chng Sign-in With Apple is a smart approach to privacy for the company since its profitability does not rely on centrally harvesting user...
April 16th, 2019 | by
Alfred Siew Only 23 per cent of Singapore consumers believe that their personal data will be treated in a trustworthy manner by organisations offering digital services, according to a new study out today. The lack of trust here, lower than...
September 4th, 2018 | by
Amit Roy Choudhury For small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the fallout from the SingHealth breach has been watched keenly and with a fair amount of...
August 23rd, 2018 | by
Alfred Siew The complexity of IT systems is the underlying reason for successful cyber attacks, when hackers are let through and private data is...
July 27th, 2018 | by
Alfred Siew Despite the unprecedented SingHealth data breach, many people seem unperturbed that they are now open to widespread...
March 23rd, 2018 | by
Alfred Siew Governments can and should compel the likes of Facebook to be more transparent about their practices, but they should not be depended on as the arbiters of...
December 30th, 2016 | by
Alfred Siew Many SMBs don't have the technical skills nor the knowledge to protect their data adequately. When they get hacked, they could now suffer the double whammy of a fine from the...
February 26th, 2016 | by
Alfred Siew Almost as a side note to how great this new satellite tracking technology is, the authorities have told people not to worry so...
December 22nd, 2014 | by
Aaron Tan IT security, big data and cloud computing have dominated the headlines this year, and will continue to do so in 2015, going by the predictions that tech vendors have dished out in recent weeks. We take a look at the top...
December 3rd, 2014 | by
Aaron Tan Singapore companies have lost over US$1 billion from data loss and downtime over the past year, a new study has found. On average, they experienced more than three working days of unexpected downtime, and represent 66 per cent...
January 30th, 2013 | by
Zen Soo On Monday, the world marked Data Privacy Day, an international day that aims to raise awareness and educate people about data protection and privacy. As more users put up information about themselves online and personal devices...
