Author Archives: danielaccioly

Fraud Numbers in Australia. Are we secure?

“UPDATE: Arno Brok, who works with met at Accenture, has just sent me this interesting article about a new credit card that is being developed and tested in Australia. Thanks Arno!” The Australian Bureau of Statistics published in June this … Continue reading

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SaaS (Software as Service) Risks

There’s been a lot of discussion recently around Software as a Service, or SaaS. Although some may say it is new concept, SaaS has been around for some time – since 2000, I believe – and used to be referred … Continue reading

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Clean shaved photo

Dear all, Second day on Movember and my mo is growing slowly. As promised, below a clean shaved photo from this Saturday, 1 November: The Movember website wasn’t accepting donations for a while, but it is back online. If you … Continue reading

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Movember is back!

I am not sure you have heard about Movember, which is an annual charity event held during November to raise money to benefit men’s health – specifically prostate cancer and male depression. At the start of the month guys register … Continue reading

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The Coolooli

This weekend I have joined some friends to dive the Coolooli. The shipwreck is a bucket dredge that was sunk in 1980 as an artificial reef and now lays at 48msw. The wreck location is roughly in front of dee-why … Continue reading

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Problem solved! No more foil needed in your pocket!

When I sent an e-mail to friends and colleagues about reactivating the blog, some of them wrote to me asking about privacy and RFID. While getting up to date on the topic I found something amusing. The “Think Geek” website … Continue reading

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Pissed off Engineer

One of the things that I hate on some professionals such as doctors, IT professionals, lawyers and economists is their tendency to speak about their areas of knowledge using very specific acronyms and terms, making simple concepts impossible to understand. … Continue reading

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Yes… I’m back!

Dear readers, I was thinking about the reasons that it took so long to post again and, besides arriving to the conclusion that having a blog is just too much work, I think that maybe focusing the topic of the … Continue reading

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SANS Conference in Sydney!!!

Hey guys, SANS is comming to Sydney. It is a great opportunity to get good training with top instructors and cutting edge technology! I have attended to two conferences in Europe and highly recommend. If you want more info you … Continue reading

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How easy is to break WEP?

I would like to start this post with an apology. It’s been a little more than a month without any post or updates. This is due to the fact that I have just started a new job at Ernst & … Continue reading

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