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Harm as Infrastructure: The Systems That Depend on What We Say We Want to Remove
A thought I can’t quite shake I’ve been thinking about poker machines lately, which is not a sentence I expected to write. Not because gambling is new, and not because Australians haven’t been arguing about pokies for decades. What’s been sitting with me is something …
From Compliance to Cyber Resilience: Why Dubai’s DigitalFuture Needs Strong Governance, Cloud Security, and RiskManagement By Aman Dev Sumakumar
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Cybersecurity in Mongolia by Munkhzul Zorigt
About the Author Munkhzul Zorigt Information Security Consultant | ISMS | ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Munkhzul Zorigt is a cybersecurity professional from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, currently participating in a mentorship programme through the Cybersecurity Advisors Network, where John Salomon serves as her mentor. With six years of experience …
Most People Think They Understand Their Rights. They Don’t.
Recent conversations around intelligence powers and surveillance frameworks in Australia, particularly proposed changes to ASIO’s compulsory questioning powers, have sparked predictable reactions. Some are alarmed, others are dismissive, and most fall somewhere in between, unsure what is real, what is exaggerated, and what it all …
Partnership signed with ESP’ Info, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
Cybersecurity Advisors Network (CyAN) signed on 02 April 2026 a Memorandum of Understanding with ESP’ Info, a training institute on cybersecurity Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. The signature took place in Lille, at InCyber Forum. This partnership marks the second collaboration between a training institute …
When “Compliance” Becomes a Proxy for Trust
Over the past few days, a story has been doing the rounds about a fast-growing compliance startup and its sudden parting of ways with a major backer. It’s easy to get pulled into the specifics, the allegations, the responses, and the inevitable back-and-forth. But I …