Professional Information Security Association
Message from the
Chairman money notes are not with our pocket, they are in our store value card, mobile phone or electronic wallet which we are relying the financial institutions to safeguard for us. However, banks themselves are also in trouble. Not only commercial banks are facing with threats from hacker attacks, Central Bank being the strongest financial authority in a country, still cannot get rid of such cyber security risks as quoted in Patrick Liu’s article in this issue. Many Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), are exposed to the challenges of ransomware attacks, likewise for individuals.
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oney, Money, Money…..It is a Hacker’s World?
In economic text books, money is having its functions as the medium of exchange, unit of account, and store of value. In the last decade, when we talked about money, we were mentioning the physical money notes in our pocket or the numbers printed in our bank account statement. While we would personally secure the physical money from our wallets to avoid being stolen by thief, we trusted our banks with safe, security guards, etc. physical countermeasures to protect our wealth entrusted to them.
As stated in our PISA vision statement, being professional information security practitioners, we should utilise our expertise and knowledge to help bring prosperity to the society in the Information Age. While we need to deliver our expertise in the workplace to our employers to keep our living, I urge you as our PISA/(ISC)2 HK chapter members to contribute your time and professional knowledge to share with fellow members and the Community. Together let us make a Safer World for transactions and keep people away from the threat of hackers!
The world has changed. Nowadays, most of our
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An Organization for Information Security Professionals
Ando Ho Chairman