The cybersecurity industry is constantly evolving, facing new threats and challenges every day. To stay ahead of the curve, protect sensitive information, and protect lives, the industry requires a diverse range of skills, perspectives, and innovative solutions capable of tackling complex and evolving threats. The cybersecurity sector has a unique opportunity to embrace neurodiversity and harness the distinctive talents of...Read More

What is Organizational Bullshit “Organizational bullshit” is a term coined to describe deceptive, vague, or otherwise misleading communication within an organization.  “Organizational bullshit” is not an expletive. It is a legitimate academic term and the subject of serious and growing academic research on leadership. In his 1986 essay, “On Bullshit,” which later developed into a book by the same name,...Read More

KuCoin Hack – When attacked, some crypto projects and exchanges buckle and fold under pressure; KuCoin, set the standard in 2020 for how to react to crypto hacks, even on the largest scale. KuCoin is a Singapore-based crypto exchange that consistently ranks among the top 5 exchanges in terms of daily volume serving the crypto markets in Asia. As of...Read More

The full story behind the first major crypto hack – MtGox Hack – and how much really was lost. MtGox was one of the very first platforms on which people could buy, sell, and trade bitcoin. Launched in July 2010, by 2014 the Tokyo-based company was handling over 70% of all BTC transactions globally. It was on a trajectory that...Read More

Recently, in the science journal Nature, Google claimed ‘quantum supremacy’ saying that its quantum computer is the first to perform a calculation that would be practically impossible for a classical machine. This quantum computing breakthrough brings us closer to the arrival of functional quantum systems which will have a profound effect on today’s security infrastructure. How will quantum computing affect...Read More

BitGrail Hack – Around $170M worth of cryptocurrency was allegedly stolen from an obscure Italian crypto exchange called BitGrail in 2018; it’s still unclear exactly how or by whom. Just weeks after Japanese crypto exchange Coincheck was hacked – an event dubbed “the biggest theft in the history of the world” at the time – the Italian crypto exchange BitGrail...Read More

The global financial services sector is accelerating its transformation in response to changing values and shifting consumer preferences. Hong Kong FinTech sector is responding in its own unique way. Global events over the last decade have brought home the reality that we are living in a fast-changing world. The economic crisis and rapid technological development are changing consumer behaviour. Millennials...Read More

The topic of diversity is not one that most people find in their comfort zone. As I wrote in a previous article on diversity, increasing diversity often engenders frustration in those tasked with accomplishing it, and inspires eye rolls among diversity-fatigued employees who have heard countless reports on management’s diversity goals, but remain unconvinced of diversity’s value. Can anything be done...Read More

Table of ContentsEnter the Blockchain TechnologyBlockchain Key Technical ConceptsNetwork of ParticipantsBlocks and Chains of Blocks“Permissioned” versus “Unpermissioned”“Public” versus “Private”Core Blockchain Security FunctionsRegulatory Point of ViewGovernance and Cybersecurity Challenges and ControlsInformation IntegrityPrivacy and ConfidentialityPractices and controls to considerDecentralized NatureKey ManagementPractices and controls to considerConsensus HijackPractices and controls to considerSidechainsPractices and controls to considerExploited Permissioned BlockchainPractices and controls to considerDDoSPractices and controls...Read More

You may have heard, over the last year or two, about the new technological miracle that is the blockchain. It seems that every banker, insurer, manufacturer, artist, lawyer and cybersecurity professional is shouting about blockchain from the highest peak and telling us how it will be used to secure everything against anything for all time, additionally removing those embarrassing blemishes...Read More