Develop a device-agnostic policy to ensure email security Someone once described BYOD as standing for "Bring your own disaster". It's not hard to understand why. Allowing staff, contractors, visitors, suppliers and so on to connect their own devices to the company network is fraught with security...
Prioritise pricing and security Being able to send and receive encrypted email messages and attachments is a no-brainer. It might not be something you need all the time, for every message you send, but there are regular and frequent occasions where it becomes desirable or...
Why a user-first approach is vital to avoid security breaches Whether we’re sending an invoice to a customer on the other side of the world, or arranging lunch with a colleague in the office down the hall, email is at the heart of business. We all...
I am not one to baulk at the good that has come from social media, so it pains me to come back to discussing our ‘beloved’ social media giant Facebook yet again - but alas, until there is a fair balance it’s unavoidable. In this latest...
Much has been made in recent weeks about announcements from the tech and social media giants on their future plans to protect our privacy. At the forefront, not surprisingly is Facebook, with Mark Zuckerberg’s high-profile statements about privacy, encryption and protecting personal data. There are some very fundamental question...
Google’s recent announcement on their plans for Adiantum, a new encryption approach for securing data on phones will help to drive encryption into the mainstream as an important part of protecting personal information and data. News too, that Facebook is looking at ways of ‘amalgamating’ data security across Facebook, Instagram...
The least surprising statistic to come out of 2018 has to be the information that there was a 30% increase in funding for Privacy Technology Startups*. As governments, consumers and business grasped the sheer scale of privacy abuse, whether through leaks, hacking or the swirling...
Recently interviewed by Jonathan Margolis of the Financial Times, Chair of Technical Innovation Board Scentrics, Professor John Shawe-Taylor had some fascinating insights to share in the article “Tech veterans bring back the original optimism of the internet” (FT, 28 Nov 2018). With 2018 proving to be...
Enze Han, SEA TMT Business Opportunity Director, shares some thoughts on the impact of GDPR in Asia. Since the enforcement of the European GDPR came into effect in late May, businesses in Asia are still catching up with the implications of this wide-range data privacy legislation...
Apple says it is to change the default settings of its iPhone to stop hackers and others unlocking devices without proper legal authorisation. There are two distinct issues that need to be looked at with regard to this announcement from Apple. One is a technology issue...
