CQR is now an approved member of CREST Australia
Within the Information Security world the word Risk is key. Understanding and managing that word can make the greatest of difference to an organisation. CQR are proud in the fact that they practice what they preach and their risks are checked, managed and improved at every opportunity. And to reinforce ... Read More
The Heartbleed Bug, gone in a heartbeat.
There is a hole in the heart of Internet security which has the potential to expose countless encrypted transactions. It’s been named the Heartbleed Bug. The bug was accidentally incorporated into OpenSSL in late 2011. OpenSSL is an open source library that many software developers use to implement SSL/TLS encryption ... Read More
The XPocalypse is nigh!
Next week, on 8-Apr-2014, the mainline support for Windows XP ends. If you believe the media, the Internet is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions. Real wrath-of-God-type stuff. Fire and brimstone coming from the sky! Rivers and seas boiling! Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes! Volcanoes! Human sacrifice, dogs and ... Read More
3 new certified QSA’s reporting for duty.
In March, 3 of our Australia based employees became certified as Qualified Security Assessors (QSA’s) which doubles the number of QSA’s working for CQR covering Australia and New Zealand. CQR have been a QSA company for a number of years and prides itself on having available QSA resources in each ... Read More
Privacy and your organisation, do you understand the rules?
The Australian Privacy Amendment Act 2012will come in to force on 12thMarch 2014 and will introduce significant amendments to the Privacy Act 1998. The Privacy Act changes will give the Information Commissioner the ability to: Resolve complaints, use external dispute resolution services, conduct investigations and promote compliance; Investigate serious breaches ... Read More
Social Bronze Age
In October 2013 I wrote a blog entitled Stone Aged Security, where I noted that we've been through the journey of Stone Age to Industrial Age twice before, first for civilisation taking 12,000 years, and then again for IT, but this time 200x faster and only taking 60 years, and ... Read More
Autumn is coming, are you prepared?
With the Autumn season just a day away we look to changing our wardrobe for some warmer clothing, preparing our home for the relief of rain and looking forward to making it into the garden and seeing what the summer sun has left for you to revive. It’s a chance ... Read More
Managing a Data Breach
If you've ever watched a home renovation show on TV, you'll know that one of the biggest problems is the weather. Rain in particular is a real pain if you don't yet have a roof, as it leaks everywhere, damages everything and stops work completely. If you are doing the ... Read More
Benefits of Aligning Business Continuity Management with IT Service Recovery
IT departments within many organisations are likely to have well defined processes to support their own disaster recovery requirements. General ‘good practice’ states that we need: · Backups; · Resiliency designs within the network architecture;· Data centre etc…etc… IT Service Recovery is a legacy approach that many are comfortable with. ... Read More
How do you keep your family safe online?
Tuesday 11thFebruary is Safety Internet Day with this year’s theme on ‘Let’s create a better internet’ focusing on our children and being safe online. Helping positive digital citizenship across Australian communities, Coordinated by Insafe, the European network for internet safety, the event is supported in Australia by Cybersmart. In the ... Read More
