Posts by Sacha
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Awesome pics again, Jackson. #onya
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OnPoint: MSD's Leaky Servers, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
Assumes that the "clients" have a machine somewhere with internet access to copy their CV from/to USB in the first place.
True. I can imagine libraries and other (rare) free public access venues doing the reverse and enabling cloud access but disabling USB ports.
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OnPoint: MSD's Leaky Servers, in reply to Russell Clarke,
I guess the point is that no one can say unfettered access has *not* happened, so in terms of assessing risk and deciding how much to do, the balance moves away from a minor fixup.
The speed of the govt's response once they knew publicity was coming suggests they understand the political gravity, but it will be interesting to see what they actually do to restore public trust. Downplaying the risk will no doubt be part of it.
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OnPoint: MSD's Leaky Servers, in reply to Richard Aston,
WINZ cleary didn't get any serous outside help on this project
Review afterwards is sure no substitute for expertise earlier.
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OnPoint: MSD's Leaky Servers, in reply to Matthew Poole,
But clouds is scary and new.
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OnPoint: MSD's Leaky Servers, in reply to Matthew Poole,
logins for Google Docs
and others have said access to that service is blocked anyway. Part of the reason they need USB access for people's CVs I guess.. #doh
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Toby Manhire delivers a great column about how we deserve digitally literate leaders.
As the push for e-government gathers pace, a basic literacy in the "e" part is a reasonable demand. And literacy is the right word. For people born after the internet, fluency is second-nature.
For many of the more mature people who account for most of our leaders in business, in the public sector and in politics, however, you need to learn this stuff.
The worry is that without that basic vocabulary, without the right questions being asked, the right priorities set, you engender the sort of slipshod culture that, say, fails to act on repeated warnings about a gaping security hole.
And he continues that a moral compass is important too.
And that can only be exacerbated by a different sort of culture of disregard - for individuals' privacy. After the Social Development Minister released two beneficiaries' confidential details in 2009, there was no contrition - indeed, it was "a bit of a lesson about what happens when you put your story out there".
When the Human Rights Commission concluded she had breached the pair's privacy, still no apology - and she refused to rule out doing a similar thing again.
Put it this way: Ng and his source, Ira Bailey, have promised not to reveal any private details from the Ministry of Social Development files. The minister hasn't.
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OnPoint: MSD's Leaky Servers, in reply to Matthew Poole,
that accurately describes the impish gleam I've seen in some
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OnPoint: MSD's Leaky Servers, in reply to Lucy Stewart,
the kind of person whose default first question about any new thing is "how would I break that?"
that's a software tester. :)
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OnPoint: MSD's Leaky Servers, in reply to cognitive_hazard,
the place could be awash with rootkits
Classic example where translation would help journos and others. :)