Information Security

Despite the costly risks of data security breaches, 17.8 percent of public sector agencies in Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan) actively choose to freeze investments in information security or decide not to secure certain public information in order to meet their IT budgets, a new study released by IDC Government Insights.

This white paper discusses the different notions and concepts around network and information security, cyberdefense and cyberintelligence aiming to demystify the different terminologies and try to position it within the current public policy context.

Cloud computing has become another key resource for IT deployments, but there is still fear of securing applications and data in the cloud. This F5 white paper discusses the need to secure the cloud and discusses how with F5 devices, you can keep your most precious assets safe, no matter where they live.

A recently published Booz Allen Hamilton report card on the state of IT security within the US government describes public departments as woefully under-resourced and overly reliant on external experts. The report comes on the heels of publicly embarrassing hacks against a number of US government department websites, including the New York Police Department.

Stephen Mak, Deputy Government Chief Information Officer, Hong Kong SAR, talks about the importance of security in the context of the public service. He lists 7 challenges and opportunities that are relevant to information security in the government sector.

After numerous data leakage incidents, the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) organized last week a conference entitled 'Stop data leakage' for government employees.