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Dean Procter - Transinteract - Sydney | 24/06/2008 | 3640 views | 3 comments

Tech Giants to Save Us

I was wondering if I can have as many ID cards as I want - who is paying for them?Do I need a reader?Blah Blah Blah...Internet Mark2- the only 'marks' it gets are the fools dumb enough to buy in to this scam. Who woke up those sleeping giants anyway? Tags: Online banking

Elton Cane - Independent - Brisbane | 12/06/2008 | 2282 views

Blogging from the Sifma TMC floor

White-badged visitors wander the rabbit warren of interconnected halls linked by escalators and corridors. From their designated areas, eagle-eyed sales people call out people’s names from their name badges as they walk past, fishing for leads. Casually dressed technologists (and probably the odd student) stop at each stand harvesting trade s... Tags: Dealing rooms, Risk & regulation

Dean Procter - Transinteract - Sydney | 10/06/2008 | 1965 views

Breach Laws fail to stem losses and RSA encrypto-stortion

A study by Carnegie Melon University has found that legislation mandating reporting of data breaches (and fines) has failed to lower ID theft or it's effects. Is it that nothing has changed and the downside has been built into the balance sheet or is this approach of 'shouting after the horse has bolted' simply a pointless excercise?I w... Tags: Security

Dean Procter - Transinteract - Sydney | 04/06/2008 | 3196 views

Risks in the global payments and settlement systems.

There are some lovely little new systems which have well and truly taken that into account. In fact it has to be the foundation of any architecture. Robust, proven '5 nines' technology and equipment and decentralised. At the end ot the day...when you settle - so long as you can. So long as you can see what your exposure is you're ok. Of... Tags: Dealing rooms, Risk & regulation

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