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The risks of big data are not getting enough attention.
Uber has admitted that the 2016 data breach puts at risk the personal information of 57 million users.
The modern world depends on critical systems, networks and data repositories that are not as secure as they should be. Breaches will continue until society as a whole makes some big changes.
The banks are dealing with rising rates of online credit card fraud, but they can’t fix it on their own.
The Productivity Commission’s report on data availability and use is disappointing for consumers, who won’t be able to stop firms collecting their data or challenge automated decisions made using it.
You can never be entirely protected from data breaches, but understanding your data is the first step to minimising the risk.
New legislation will soon require organisations to disclose any data breaches involving your private details. But the legislation still has some gaps in it.
Cyber threats are universal. But the appropriate response may be quite different in academia from what works in the corporate world.
What happens after a data breach? What does an attacker do with the information collected? And who wants it, anyway?
Recent data thefts that appear to be carried out by nations are unsettling for many reasons and raise profound questions about how we should handle them.
There are many ways data can leak from organisations, and as long as companies leave it up to IT to solve, leaks will continue.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security, Edith Cowan University
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PhD Candidate, Department of Security Studies and Criminology, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor in Cyber Security Studies, Macquarie University
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Associate Dean (Learning & Teaching) Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice, Queensland University of Technology
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Head, The Cyber Academy, Edinburgh Napier University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Brock University
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Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Information Systems, Mississippi State University
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Professor of Cybersecurity Management, University of Dayton
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Research Professor of Computer Science, University of Dayton
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Associate Professor of Information and Operations Management, Texas A&M University
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Professor of Economics and Public Policy, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Professor, University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney
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Professor in Cultural and Social Analysis, Western Sydney University
