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Carlo Minassian, Founder & CEO, earthwave This blog post has been a very long time in coming, and I am happy to say, it is all good news. By now, you might have heard that earthwave has been acquired. As of May 1, 2013, earthwave is proud to be a Dimension Data company. Selling earthwave was [...]
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Data breach notification loopholes
Earthwave - un-earthedOther than ultimate victory, one of the most celebrated moments in a game of Monopoly is when one of your opponents with more properties than you, receives those all too familiar instructions, “Go directly to jail; do not pass go; do not collect $200″. You finally get a chance to play catch up and build [...] -
Where are the Pens?
Earthwave - un-earthedWhat is the similarity between a BIC biro with a USB drive? BIC is synonymous with the commodity goods that you use and throw away, lighters and razors to name two. But the humble BIC biro is something you tend to not throw away because, well they just seem to go away. It is not [...] -
There are Two Types. Are you one too?
Earthwave - un-earthedAn ‘inkling’ may sound like a wee bit of writing, but it means you know more than was written….. A while ago we posted about the ‘Joy of Stats’ which looked at the value of Big Data analytics and also noted that we must rationalise automated outputs to ensure we don’t assume that Swedes have [...] -
earthwave CEO, Carlo Minassian, interviewed by BRW
Earthwave - un-earthedCarlo talks about the new cyber threats and why your IT security is failing -
Why Australia needs to embrace “cybersecurity civil defence”
Earthwave - un-earthedWhy Government Is So Worried About Cybersecurity That It Is Willing to Upset The Voters To Do Something About It. -
Why Australia needs to embrace “cybersecurity civil defence”
Earthwave - un-earthedWhy Government Is So Worried About Cybersecurity That It Is Willing to Upset The Voters To Do Something About It. -
Why Australia needs to embrace “cybersecurity civil defence”
Earthwave - un-earthedWhy Government Is So Worried About Cybersecurity That It Is Willing to Upset The Voters To Do Something About It. -
My Life as a Paranoid Insomniac.
Earthwave - un-earthedI lie in bed listening for, or am easily woken by, all things that go bump in the night. When I cannot figure out what they are, I leap from my bed to investigate. I may be running in my shorts on tip-toe down the stairs to confront intruders, or craning from the windows to [...] -
Five reasons why SIEM deployments fail
Earthwave - un-earthedLack of visibility scares many CIOs and the promise of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) appears to be compelling. Why then do SIEM deployments cost huge amounts of money, burn unjustifiable amounts of time and still fail to achieve the desired outcome? Here are five reasons: Have you ever gotten really excited when you [...]
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Security Awareness Tip
Incident handling is a vast topic, but here are a few tips for you to consider in your incident response. I hope you never have to use them, but the odds are at some point you will and I hope being ready saves you pain (or your job!).
- Have an incident response plan.
- Pre-define your incident response team
- Define your approach: watch and learn or contain and recover.
- Pre-distribute call cards.
- Forensic and incident response data capture.
- Get your users on-side.
- Know how to report crimes and engage law enforcement.
- Practice makes perfect.
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Warning: Tips for secure mobile holiday shopping
I’m dating myself, but I remember when holiday shopping involved pouring through ads in the Sunday paper, placing actual phone calls from tethered land lines to research product stock and availability, and actually driving places to pick things up. Now, holiday shoppers can do all of that from a smartphone or tablet in a few seconds, but there are some security pitfalls to be aware of.










