All posts tagged "data breach"

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  Australian data watchdog calls for greater vigilance against cybercrime

  The Australian Information Commissioner has urged public servants and other professionals who handle personal information to improve their defences against ransomware attacks and impersonation fraud. Angelene Falk made the call

  • Posted September 2, 2021
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  Responsible innovation: how to put data to work in government

  At Innovation 2020, a panel of senior leaders from Israel, Germany, Canada and the UK discussed how better management and use of data can support public sector innovation – and

  • Posted December 4, 2020
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  How governments can harness the power of open data

  Publishing datasets can help governments support economic outcomes and be more transparent. But ethics and cybersecurity must be baked into their approach, advised experts at a recent DELL webinar When

  • Posted November 9, 2020
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  How analytics is helping state governments head off unemployment claims fraud

  If you’re in state government, you’re well aware of the unprecedented challenges that come with off-the-charts unemployment numbers due to COVID-19. Crashing websites at state unemployment insurance offices and multi-hour

  • Posted May 20, 2020
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  India launches apps to track corona cases and tackle misinformation

  The Indian government has launched a coronavirus tracking app, two weeks after it created a WhatsApp chatbot – designed to provide citizens with information about the pandemic – which has

  • Posted April 6, 2020
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  Singapore government pledges to beef up data security after breaches

  The Singapore government is to establish a new Data Security Office and implement a number of measures to better safeguard citizen information, following a series of serious data leaks.  

  • Posted December 2, 2019
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  UK education department faces sanction over data protection breaches

  The UK Department for Education (DfE) is facing disciplinary action for what a watchdog has called “wide ranging and serious concerns” over data protection breaches. Privacy regulator the Information Commissioner’s

  • Posted November 27, 2019
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  ‘Dark web’ data sale threatens vast government data breach

  Personal information including the names, dates of birth and taxpayer IDs of 92 million Brazilians is being advertised for sale on the ‘dark web’, in what could be one of

  • Posted October 9, 2019
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