June 2019 – Cyber-security & Data Protection

The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) just announced the first comprehensive Trusted Data Sharing Framework to facilitate trusted data sharing between organisations. 

A ‘logic bomb’ is a piece of code intentionally inserted into a software system that will set off a malicious function when specified conditions are met.

The way the user will communicate with computers in the future is in for a big change. After keyboards, mice, touchscreens, gesture and voice recognition, the avant-garde computer research relies on so-called brain-computer interfaces. The novel interfaces should allow the user to control more complex applications directly with the power of thought. Background of the

Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is a category of sensitive information that is associated with an individual person, hence, it should be accessed only on a strictly need-to-know basis and handled and stored with care.

As part of its strategy, ZTE Corporation, a provider of advanced telecommunications systems, mobile devices, and enterprise technology solutions, is committed to providing customers with integrated end-to-end innovations to deliver excellence and value as the telecommunications and information technology sectors converge.

Thailand’s National Legislative Assembly (NLA) passed recently its cybersecurity bill that gives authorities the right to bypass court orders in “critical” situations, just like Singapore a year earlier. In fact, many jurisdictions in the region started to develop their own cybersecurity legislation to impose requirements on certain businesses to implement protections against cybersecurity risks into

AppsFlyer just released its APAC Ad Fraud Report 2019, providing marketers a comprehensive report on the evolving mobile advertising industry in the region. Covering activity between November 2018 to April 2019, the report examines 2.5 billion installs across over 8,000 apps in entertainment, finance, gaming, shopping, travel and utilities.

Digital threats and cyber attacks are the current demons of the economy. This is mainly because companies are not sufficiently protected and prepared. The actual extent of the threat can only be estimated. The reasons of cyber attacks and the risks that the gaps in IT security entail are shown in the following:

According to the IDC Worldwide Semiannual Digital Transformation Spending Guide, Asia Pacific spending on the technologies and services that enable the digital transformation (DX) of business practices, products, and organizations is estimated to be $375.8 Billion in 2019.

The willingness to share data depends for most consumers on many different aspects: for example, they want to know what type of data they should provide and how they should be stored. The reasons for data disclosure, whether data sharing with third parties takes place, or the possibility of deletion of data at any time