Author: The Attributer
The Attributer’s Blog – Private
The introduction of GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) in 2018 in the EU raises some new challenges for those involved in controlling and processing personal data, but it is also a great case study in risk ownership and governance. It demonstrates some concepts and principles that have long been central in the SABSA way of thinking. In this article we […]
The Attributer’s Blog – Traceably Owned
Today’s big buzzwords are ‘blockchain’ and Bitcoin, but the concept has been around since the 1990s. The Attributer himself in 1998 was consulting for one of the companies involved in the Bolero consortium, a project to digitise and dematerialise paper bills of lading (BoLs). A BoL is a negotiable financial instrument. Ownership of the bill means ownership of the cargo […]
The Attributer’s Blog – Info-Warfare Ready
It is January 2017, and as Donald Trump prepares to take over as the new President of the USA, the debate rumbles on about the possible hacking, leaking and disinformation associated with Hilary Clinton’s election campaign. So what should we make of these allegations? Let’s look at what we know. In March 2016 Hilary Clinton’s campaign manager, John Podesta, received […]
The Attributer’s Blog – In Control
The US Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has had a huge influence on both American businesses and those in the rest of the world, especially those who want to do business with or in the USA. Section 404 of the act tells us that the management has to be in control, and that the auditors must verify this. A manager must […]
The Attributer’s Blog – Business Strategic
The Attributer writes this just after the announcement by Yahoo that, back in 2014, “state-sponsored” hackers stole information from about 500 million users in what appears to be the largest publicly disclosed cyber-breach in history. What! And now you’re telling those users that they should “change their passwords”, some two years later. Isn’t that a bit late? Horses and stable […]