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Are Smart Meters really collecting ‘torrents’ of Personal Information?

By Michael, on 19 February, 2015

Last week the Dominion Post published a front-page article stating that the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) had found that smart meters were collecting a “torrent of personal information”. It appears that the media relishes creating hysteria about privacy in the hope that we all beat a retreat from digital-enabled age because our personal information is being ‘stolen’ by corporate businesses and government agencies.

If you are not measuring it, you are not managing it.

By Jim, on 9 July, 2014

In my last article I spoke at some length about not just why a Security Policy is important, what its content should be, but also how it should be written. There is no default setting for Security Policy. Remember, what works for one organisation probably won’t work for another.

Information Security Management Systems – It’s all about the Business!

By Axenic Team, on 25 May, 2014

An Information Security Management System (ISMS) is a security framework comprised of policies, processes and the management of technologies to address an organisation’s information security requirements.

Using Logical Trust Domains to understand DNSSEC

By Axenic Team, on 12 April, 2014

The implementation of DNSSEC has been gaining momentum recently as organisations and vendors implement and make available the systems and tools required to ensure the integrity of the DNS lookup process.

Using Sampling To Ensure Effective Audit, Certification and Accreditation.

By Jim, on 11 March, 2014

At Axenic, we have two ISO 27001 Lead auditors and perform a significant number of certification reviews for NZ government agencies. One of the common challenges of auditing is selecting which controls (both procedural and technical) to assess when a client has a limited time-frame or budget.

Security and Privacy

By Jim, on 10 February, 2014

Contrary to popular belief security and privacy are not synonymous. This misconception appears to have been exasperated by the media reporting of the high profile privacy breaches that have occurred over the last couple of years.

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