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New standards and regulations are beginning to govern how companies protect customers’ data. Companies ignore this vital issue at their peril, both financially and legally.
The technical consensus is clear: Adding ‘backdoors’ to encryption algorithms weakens everyone’s security. So what are the police and intelligence agencies to do?
You know it’s a serious problem when even Google and Paypal have been targeted.
As searches of smartphones and other digital devices at US borders become more common, can research and computer science help protect travelers’ privacy?
New legislation will soon require organisations to disclose any data breaches involving your private details. But the legislation still has some gaps in it.
The latest WikiLeaks revelation shows how far the CIA can take its cyber attacks.
It may sound like science fiction, but research shows that all you really need to develop brain biometrics is a set of earphones.
The latest release from WikiLeaks, of information about CIA hacking efforts, is yet another reminder of how Americans and our government must better protect our secret information.
WikiLeaks’ latest release details what it claims is the CIA’s hacking activities, including compromising phones, TVs, cars and becoming an NSA with less accountability.
Russia could undermine the idea of a shared European reality and sway three elections key to the future of the bloc.
The power grid is increasingly computerized. That opens it to attacks and requires new defenses.
Most of today’s computer languages make it hard for programmers to protect users’ privacy and security. The fix is to take those tasks out of human hands entirely.
Recent developments at the United Nations and the G-20 suggest that the well-known human rights to privacy and freedom of expression may soon be formally extended to online communications.
Cyberdetectives look for digital doors or windows left unlocked, find electronic footprints in the dirt and examine malicious software for clues about who broke in, what they took and why.
Governments, academic institutions and private companies are all spending millions of dollars. But the most effective solutions to the cybersecurity labor shortage will not be found individually.
As gig work transitions online, knowing how to protect yourself and your devices has never been more important.
The best way to protect a presidential device is to keep it off the internet altogether. If that’s not going to happen, how else can such a sensitive gadget be kept safe?
Dulled by hearing the same old recommendations to improve internet security, we are worn out. It’s time for a new approach, involving us all.
The new Critical Infrastructure Centre might provide clarity on certain projects but it doesn’t resolve the ongoing debate on what approach the government should take with foreign investment.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Business Law and Ethics, Indiana University
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Senior Lecturer in Networking, The Open University
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Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
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Principal Lecturer in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, The University of Western Australia
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Lecturer in Software Engineering, Monash University
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Associate Professor, School of Engineering, RMIT University
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Head, The Cyber Academy, Edinburgh Napier University
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Professor of Management, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
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Professor of Cybersecurity, School of Computer Science and Informatics, De Montfort University
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Adjunct Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, Information Security Group, Royal Holloway University of London
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Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Surrey
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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
