Valeska Bloch

Partner and Head of Cyber at Allens. Focus on cybersecurity, tech, data, privacy, media, telco, startups, blockchain, AI. Opinions are mine.

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What do the top ten 2018 #cybersecurity trends mean for your business in 2019? https://t.co/psrxS3EpVl @AllensLegal

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We're proud to have supported #CrossroadsReport through #AllensAccelerate. Download it now: https://t.co/XkREOxI0m3 and find out more about Allens Accelerate https://t.co/Wn7F5AhTwl

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'We can continue to deliver the best quality of life in metropolitan Australia right here in Melbourne': Partner David Donnelly caught up with @BernardSalt following our Future Cities panel event in Melbourne last week.
Watch the full interview: https://t.co/ZTEPRaMhrM

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Great insights at this morning's data protection and privacy briefing in Sydney. Download our guide to #datagovernance: https://t.co/hmDjQz2jgI #DataProtectionNSW

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Do you know what to do when a crisis hits, because it’s a totally different emotional experience? Tabletop exercises and simulations are essential: Chris Hoskings, CTO IBM Security Aus/NZ #Sibos18

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The most effective steps smaller financial services institutions can take to become more secure #Sibos #fintech

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Although #data breach #classactions are common overseas, we haven’t yet seen one run successfully in Australia. Here’s why https://t.co/P23UevnNjy & what we can learn from #databreach class actions abroad https://t.co/KEy7SvtkVx #cyber #cybersecurity @AllensLegal

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The #cyber resilience of a target company can have a big impact on the headline price, post-completion deal value & risk-allocation profile of M&A transactions. Read our guide for both buyers & sellers https://t.co/gmU91jcAzk @AllensLegal

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If you do a lot of M&A activity, think about the integration of environments because you could be introducing a #cybersecurity issue: David Leach, MD Cybersecurity @jpmorgan #Sibos

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#Cybersecurity is our #1 risk - the key challenge is the speed of execution: David Leach, MD Cybersecurity @jpmorgan #Sibos

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You may not be interested in #cyber but #cyber is interested in you - even the video game industry is being affected: @GeoLeib, CEO @swiftcommunity #Sibos

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Mobile phone traffic lanes? #Sibos

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Organizations that can master protection, detection and recovery will find that #cyber protection is a commercial opportunity not just a security issue: Yawar Shah, Chair, @swiftcommunity #Sibos

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To win in #openbanking (1) orgs will need to develop completely new business models and (2) #fintechs and banks will need to collaborate #Sibos

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The federal government's proposed Consumer Data Right regime is the biggest shake-up of data regulation we've seen in Australia. Here's what you need to know: https://t.co/8RGImjYSHL

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‘The future is figuring out how you get unbundled genuine consent without slowing care’: @RomainBonjean #AllensHealthData

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‘The @OAICgov will look at how genuine, how prudent and how matched to good practice the steps are that an organization has taken to protect personal information’: Phil O’Sullivan @AllensLegal #AllensHealthData

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'Fundamentally if you ask a user properly if you can use their data for research to improve health outcomes, the majority of people will say yes': @RomainBonjean #MyHealthRecord #AllensHealthData

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'We need full data sets, not cherry picked data. An incomplete #MyHealthRecord is a potentially biased source for research': @ClaireVajdic #AllensHealthData

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'Through #MyHealthRecord, we'll see the advance of health data insights, with people seeing machine learning working on their own health data in a powerful, positive way': @RomainBonjean #AllensHealthData