What can we learn from the Optus outage?

What can we learn from the Optus outage? 9 November 2023. The Optus outage and what lessons we can learn from it  Yesterday, over 10 million private and business customers were affected across the country when one of Australia’s largest telecommunication providers crashed. This left many of them without telephone service or internet access for…

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ISO 27001 Annex A control 5.30: ICT readiness for business continuity

ISO 27001 Annex A control 5.30 ICT readiness for business continuity 26 October 2023. ISO 27001 Annex A control 5.30 ICT readiness for business continuity Qudos has published an extensive massive series of articles over the past year on the latest version of ISO 27001. Those are all still available from links here. Now, we are take…

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A new trend in team building and wellness

A new trend in team building and wellness 25 October 2023. In this post-pandemic era, there seems to be some converging trends in team building, and wellness initiatives in businesses. With hybrid working now very common, there are blurring of the lines between work and home,  There have been several excellent articles on the psycho-social…

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Webinar: Information security in the use of cloud services

Webinar: Information security in the use of cloud services Webinar: Information security in the use of cloud services 10 October 2023. Information Security in the use of cloud services As any regular visitor to this site will know, Qudos has long been presenting webinars on information security on behalf of the Queensland Government. The 2023…

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What can you do to manage cyber security?

What can you do to manage your Cyber Security? Manage Your Cyber Security 26 July 2023. What can you do to manage your Cyber Security? Cyber Security is a subset of the wider topic of information technology. It applies to the protection of data stored online or when using online services. Cyber Security is clearly…

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Getting more from your internal audits

Getting more from your internal audits 5 June 2023: Getting more from your internal audits Are your internal audits just a chore? All management system standards require a programme of internal audits to be performed on a regular basis. However, for many organizations they are simply an overhead – a necessary evil tolerated to achieve…

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ISO 27001 Information Security – Annex A 8 Technological Controls

ISO 27001 Information Security – Annex A 8 Technological Controls ISO 27001 Annex A8 – Technological controls 31st May 2023 – ISO 27001 Information Security in plain English – Post #21 in the series. ISO 27001 – Annex A 8 Technological Controls Something that sets ISO 27001 apart from all the other ISO management system…

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ISO 27001 Information Security – Annex A 7 Physical Controls

ISO 27001 Information Security – Annex A 7 Physical Controls Annex A 7 Physical controls 26th April 2023 – ISO 27001 Information Security in plain English – Post #20 in the series. ISO 27001 – Annex A 7 Physical Controls Something that sets ISO 27001 apart from all the other ISO management system standards is…

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ISO 27001 Information Security – Annex A 6 People Controls

ISO 27001 Information Security – Annex A 6 People Controls Annex A 6 – People controls 18th April 2023 – ISO 27001 Information Security in plain English – Post #19 in the series. ISO 27001 – Annex A 6 People Controls Something that sets ISO 27001 apart from all the other ISO management system standards…

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