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• Why the best cybersecurity lessons are from Star Trek

  Brig Gen (Ret) Greg Touhill, former information security chief of President Obama and now Cyxtera Federal Group president, looks at the cult series from a different perspective

• YouTube to pay US$170 million penalty for collecting data on kids

  Google, which is owned by Alphabet Inc, and its YouTube video service will pay US$170 million to settle allegations that it broke federal law by collecting personal information about children, the Federal Trade Commission said on Wednesday.

• Forum aims to reach and teach Kiwi youth about cybersecurity

  Cyber attacks are sent every 39 seconds which can accumulate to 300,000 new malware each day. It may be already too late but have you wondered how safe your device is? This is the key message Ytech aims to impart to Kiwi youth as it launches its first forum on cybersecurity.

• What do you do after a data breach?

  A hacker has stolen the personal information of over 100 million people from Capital One Financial Corp in the latest high-profile breach of sensitive consumer data.

• Asia Pacific CISOs see rising budgets but face more volatile and complex environment: Forrester

  But they also have to contend with a shaky economic outlook, a geopolitically complex threat landscape and further regulatory scrutiny, reports Forrester.

• 'Conflicting motivations leave security missions stagnant'

  We have arrived in the Dunning-Kruger of security maturity. We are aware of the risk but are choosing not to act, writes Laura Bell of SafeStack

• The CIO who became an ‘accidental activist’

  Jo Stewart-Rattray is no stranger to isolation - as a child growing up in a rural area, and as the only woman in a boardroom or a client meeting.

• Why most organisations fear their data is already on the ‘dark web’ for sale

  Organisations underestimate the amount of cloud in use and its growth rate, reports Symantec

• Why CISOs should be limiting limitless innovation

  Getting the challenge of integrating a security mindset into DevOps practices right will become even more important as new markets of IT such as the Internet of Things spin up, writes Andrew Slavkovic of CyberArk

• Former US gov’t CISO Gregory Touhill: Leading through the cluttered, complex cybersecurity landscape

  As the US government’s first CISO and now president of Cyxtera Federal Group, retired Brig Gen Gregory Touhill says, not in jest, the cybersecurity sphere can benefit from the principles espoused by organising guru Marie Kondo

• CIO upfront: Get the fundamentals right, build trust with security baselines

  The latest Microsoft security study ranks New Zealand as one of the most low-risk countries in the world for cyberattacks. However, Kiwis have also seen a 205 per cent increase in cybersecurity incidents in the past year. As we’ve learned the hard way, low risk does not mean no risk, writes Russell Craig of Microsoft NZ

• Global security officials to hammer out united 5G security approach

  The security issue is crucial because of 5G's leading role in internet-connected products ranging from self-driving cars and smart cities to augmented reality and artificial intelligence.

• Managing cyber breaches gets more complicated

  Cisco’s 2019 CISO Benchmark Study cites challenges in managing multiple vendors and inadequate cybersecurity training for staff

• The top 7 security and risk management trends for 2019

  Thought not yet widely recognised, these trends are expected to have broad industry impact and significant potential for disruption long-term, reports Gartner

• 3 out of 5 retailers blame cybersecurity fears for delay in digital transformation initiatives: study

  Web defacements, data exfiltration and ransomware were the biggest concerns