Perform a search on compliance and you will find that there are many definitions. People have a slightly different view of what compliance means and what is included or not. In general, compliance means conforming, satisfying or adhering to a rule. This rule can be a specification, a policy, a standard, a law, a procedure or a requirement.
Category: Information Security
Information Security & Privacy as part of Project Management
A typical Project Management methodology doesn’t include details about ensuring confidentiality, integrity and availability of information or the privacy of personal information. Experience has shown that too often the information security or privacy subject matter experts are not consulted about the project until the test phase, or even worse when the project needs to be signed off or is about to go live.
Are Smart Meters really collecting ‘torrents’ of Personal Information?
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.