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Busting the Myths of Digital Transformation

Digital Transformation is getting the worldwide attention it deserves.  Executives in every industry and country are seeing opportunities to improve their businesses and sensing threats if they don’t.  Although this attention is spurring action, it also comes with plenty of bad information and questionable advice.  

Gartner CFO Survey Reveals Some Employees to Remote Work Permanently

A Gartner, Inc. survey of 317 CFOs and Finance leaders on March 30, 2020 revealed that 74% intend to move at least 5% of their previously on-site workforce to permanently remote positions post-COVID 19.

Hackers can access your mobile and laptop cameras and record you – cover them up now

Whether you use Zoom, Skype or Microsoft Teams, the webcam on your home PC or laptop device has probably never been as active as it is during this pandemic. Most of us have a camera built into our phone, tablet, laptop, or a desktop webcam we use for work, study or virtual socialising. Unfortunately, this privilege can leave us vulnerable to an online attack known as camfecting. This is when hackers take control of your webcam remotely. They do this by disabling the “on” light which usually indicates the camera is active – so victims are none the wiser.

How organisations can increase the pace of communications for better collaboration and efficiency  

Despite the plethora of alternatives, nothing has yet completely replaced email for business communications, especially for businesses communicating with other businesses. Important documents including contracts, requests for proposal and plans are all usually sent as email attachments. Email provides a relatively fast, secure, and efficient way of communicating, especially compared with the days when businesses had to courier these documents to each other or send them via fax without knowing for certain who was at the other end.  

Identity theft risk at NSW Births Deaths and Marriages

An audit has found significant gaps in the controls over unauthorised access the NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages (BD&M), leading to increased risk of unauthorised information leaks.

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