Category Archives: Security
Any ideas to curtail CNP fraud?
The Australian Payments Clearing Association (APCA) releases card fraud statistics every six months for the...
Security-convenience trade-off: What trade-off?
As mentioned last month, the security-convenience trade-off in computer security is radically different from traditional...
Taking logon seriously
To a great extent, many of the challenges in information security boil down to human...
Is quantum computing all it’s cracked up to be?
Quantum computing continues to make strides. Now they’ve made a chip to execute Shor’s quantum...
The double standard in biometrics analysis
The reverse engineering of biometric iris templates reported at Blackhat this month has attracted deserved...
Card fraud in Australia even worse than feared
Seasoned security analysts know the card fraud trends, but the latest stats in Australia are...
Guilty until proven innocent
Once again, in relation to charges levelled against their own, politicians have claimed that like...
Card Not Present now three quarters of all fraud
The Australian Payments Clearing Association (APCA) releases card fraud statistics every six months for the...
Farmers know about silos
Imagine this. Two grain growers are neighbours. One farms wheat and the other corn. Both...
Federation is at odds with infosec best practice – and nature
In modern information security we implore businesses to understand the risks of their particular business...