Altered from “Not On My Own” by Vesta Gheibi (EdFutures) The sun had yet to rise. It was that special, magical moment in the morning when it was still holding its breath and the world felt like it had a big secret to share. Everything was still. Humans had abandoned…

Many of us are lulling in lethargy right now. We’re trapped by invisible norms we don’t understand and paralysed by uncertainty. These are symptoms of a much larger and complex systemic issue we’re experiencing on a civilisation scale. I’ll share a few interesting tidbits to serve as a gentle wake-up…

In the midst of a mindless and extensive browse on my Facebook feed I did a double take on a post, it was a livestream by BBC Farsi. What made me do a double take was the familiar scene, I recognised the hallways and chandeliers of the conference rooms at…

Risk assessments are often underestimated for how much they can contribute to a business’s security posture as well as impacting other functions such as insurance. We talked to Anthony Stevens, CEO and Co-Founder of 6clicks. As someone who’s well acquainted with digital transformation and the author of Chasing Digital, Anthony…

Cybersecurity is becoming a growing concern as schools digitise — Protecting data and privacy has become everyone’s concern as it’s become a part of the world that we live in. In saying that, we don’t pay as much attention to how schools are handling confidential information about their students, teachers, and parents. To help us understand this topic we had…

Talking about crises might seem appropriate for 2020 so far, but people have been navigating crisis impacts on their businesses for many years. If there’s one person who can claim that they own the word ‘crisis’ it’s Grant Chisnall. He’s the host of the Crisis Talks podcast and founder of…

It doesn’t matter how small or big your business is, the reality is that every business is at risk. — “The moment that you have a digital presence, you’re creating an attack vector,” explains Jo Stewart-Rattray, Chief Security Officer of Silver Chain Group and leading global security consultant. Early in her security career she was one of the first CIO’s in Australia to be responsible for real-time technology such as…

What’s your business plan if it hits the fan? — Originally posted here on June 10 Business continuity plans (BCP) safeguard your organisation from being brought down by unexpected events. It doesn’t need to involve pages of documents, in fact a straightforward and simplified approach will result in an effective response when it really does hit the fan. …

What you need to be thinking about as you handle confidential information throughout your business — Originally posted here on June 2 Privacy and data protection are closely interconnected, perhaps so much so that we often think of them as synonymous. Distinguishing between the two is fundamental to understanding what business obligations we have in protecting data and abiding by regulations. Alison Baker, Partner at Hall…