The new corporate watchdog ponders how to do more with less

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The new Australian Securities and Investments Commission was established on Jul 1, 1998. The agency must determine its technological requirements with the demand of the Federal Government to decrease its budget by over $2 million. The agency provides consumer protection in insurance, banking and pension matters as well as the enforcement and regulation of corporate law.

Other Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities, Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors, Business Law NEC, Consumer Protection Laws, Consumer protection, Commercial law, Powers and duties, Administrative agencies, Government agencies, Australia. Securities and Investments Commission

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Unsecured 'back doors' leave companies open to hacker attack

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Computer crimes can be reduced by proper attention to modem security. A recent study on computer crimes conducted by the security consultant Shake Communications revealed that Australian corporations' information systems were vulnerable to unauthorized access via their modems. To improve security, modem dial-ins should require authorization at a minimum.

Information Systems, Safety and security measures, Prevention, Computer crimes, Modems

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Telephone bills still don't ring true

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The effects of the deregulation of the Australian telecommunications industry on call charges are discussed, with focus on the lack of change in mobile and local calls. However long-distance calls have become cheaper.

Prices and rates, Telecommunications industry, Telephone, Telephony, Deregulation

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