http://www.smh.com.au/business/sony-eyes-online-australian-banking-20110728-1i1iu.html
I just read the above article about Sony eyeing the Australian market to launch an online bank. The article outlines how Sony, through it's rich technological pedigree, had developed exceptional expertise in "low cost management of a branchless bank with an edge on interest and fees".
This sounds good to me. Offer me a competitive online service with greater interest and lower fees! Why not?
But wait a minute, what about the millions of user accounts that were recently compromised through an attack on their PlayStation network gaming service? How is an online gaming account different to an online banking account?
This begs the question: what will Sony offer me in the form of security to secure and protect my new account?
After the recent breaches with Sony, RSA, Lockheed Martin and even Citigroup it is clear to see that having hope in a reputed and respected brand is no longer enough!
It's great that companies want to offer me a competitive online service (banking, trading, social networking etc), but please, please, please, please, also offer me competitive online peace of mind!
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Guess who's back?
After many, many months of laying low, I am back!
I do apologise for the hiatus, but the past year has been a crazy one! I have been flat out working with the world's premier cybercrime fighting superheros on a coordinated approach to fighting global cybercrime!
Yes, this approach not only involves revolutionary security technologies, but also involves all other key stakeholders including law enforcement, enterprise, media and most importantly, the consumer! This approach looks at practically bridging the gap between what the industry is researching and developing (hey, even I don't understand most of their technical gibberish), what the bad guys are doing, what the media is relaying, what law enforcement is doing and what consumers understand of all this.
Anyways, more on this later...
So why am I back?
Well apparently some followers were suffering from withdrawal symptoms since my disappearance. Yes, I too was very surprised to learn that people were actually reading my posts! In addition, the emails clearly illustrated that people were becoming increasingly more concerned with the proliferation of cybercrime. It seemed that their emails were becoming more and more dire as a deeper feeling of sombre helplessness set in.
As such, I am back to share my weird and wonderful thoughts on fighting cybercrime with the world!
So let's continue on our quest to free the world of cybercrime. Let's continue on our journey to find online peace of mind!
I do apologise for the hiatus, but the past year has been a crazy one! I have been flat out working with the world's premier cybercrime fighting superheros on a coordinated approach to fighting global cybercrime!
Yes, this approach not only involves revolutionary security technologies, but also involves all other key stakeholders including law enforcement, enterprise, media and most importantly, the consumer! This approach looks at practically bridging the gap between what the industry is researching and developing (hey, even I don't understand most of their technical gibberish), what the bad guys are doing, what the media is relaying, what law enforcement is doing and what consumers understand of all this.
Anyways, more on this later...
So why am I back?
Well apparently some followers were suffering from withdrawal symptoms since my disappearance. Yes, I too was very surprised to learn that people were actually reading my posts! In addition, the emails clearly illustrated that people were becoming increasingly more concerned with the proliferation of cybercrime. It seemed that their emails were becoming more and more dire as a deeper feeling of sombre helplessness set in.
As such, I am back to share my weird and wonderful thoughts on fighting cybercrime with the world!
So let's continue on our quest to free the world of cybercrime. Let's continue on our journey to find online peace of mind!
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