ASIA’S HR DEPARTMENTS URGED TO BEGIN THEIR HOMEWORK ON CYBER CRIME PREVENTION

Hacking and data breaches keep Asian IT departments awake at night, but many of the most serious cyber security incidents can be prevented with greater vigilance from HR professionals. Of course, there are a wide variety of risks being posed to companies from online environments, from denial-of-service attacks, to Trojan programmes that monitor computer use, and theft of identities and intellectual property. And with sophisticated social media phishing scams increasingly rely on exploiting naïve or careless staff, and social network usage beloved across Asia, ...


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