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Convoluted policies hindering ethical behaviour: EY Fraud Survey

More than nine in ten (93%) respondents to the EY Asia-Pacific (APAC) Fraud Survey 2017 want to work for a compliant organisation but are confused by inconsistent compliance policies that lack clarity and are clouded in legal jargon. In fact, 35% of Australian respondents believe their organisation’s current code of conduct has little impact on how employees actually behave. 

Cyberespionage and ransomware attacks are on the increase

Cyberespionage is now the most common type of attack seen in manufacturing, the public sector and now education, warns the Verizon 2017 Data Breach Investigations Report.  Much of this is due to the high proliferation of propriety research, prototypes and confidential personal data, which are hot-ticket items for cybercriminals. Nearly 2,000 breaches were analysed in this year’s report and more than 300 were espionage-related many of which started life as phishing emails.

The Whys and Wherefores of Knowledge Management

Over a lengthy career, I have found Knowledge Management (KM) referred to by many different names before settling into the current usage. One thing that has remained constant is that the most important ingredient has always been the willingness to share information.

Why information governance is the new black

A natural tension between freedom and control for public sector information assets can easily create obstacles to transformation and a shift to digital processes. Information governance empowers you to get the balance right.

Digital Transformation from within

There’s a lot of talk about ‘Digital Transformation’ and (if the number of articles on Medium and LinkedIn are anything to go by) a lot of views on what it actually means. Having spent five years as part of the digital transformation of Australia’s biggest telco, and more recently working on the Federal Government’s digital agenda, this is what I think when I hear the term.

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