Global IT tariffs eliminated? WTO wakes up?
“Mr. Praline: Look, matey, I know a dead parrot when I see one, and I’m looking at one right now. Owner: No no he’s not …
Rob Bratby
Good news from Korea for FSI cloud customers and CSPs
A guest post by @matthew1hunter and @danieljung88 This week the Korean financial services regulator announced regulatory changes that will make it easier for financial services institutions …
3 new data privacy tools from Singapore’s data regulator
Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) has been busy. It has just published a number of new resources to help businesses comply with the Personal …
Korea leads the world with cloud law encouraging cloud use
On 3rd March 2015, Korea passed the world’s first cloud-specific law, with the stated aim of driving the adoption of cloud computing in Korea. But …
ISO 27018 – the international standard for protecting PII in the public cloud – Where are we now?
Since its release in August 2014, ISO 27018 is becoming well established as the “go to” standard to help cloud customers to comply with their …
Myanmar mobile banking and payment: where to start?
Myanmar is currently largely a cash economy. In this post we consider the types of mobile banking and payments solutions we predict will first gain …
UK withdraws proposed updates to the Electronic Communications Code
On 22 January 2015, the UK Government withdrew its proposed changes to the Electronic Communications Code. As the changes were unexpected, more time for consultation …
UK proposes surprise changes to the Electronic Communications Code
In a surprise move, on 13 January the UK government announced plans to update the elderly (and, even to the House of Lords, rather incomprehensible) Electronic …
Will ISO 27018 help cloud customers to comply with Singapore’s data protection laws?
A key challenge for organisations who want to use cloud services is to do so in a way that is compliant with the organisations’ obligations …
Are Singapore’s Monetary Authority’s proposed outsourcing rules clear enough?
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS“) is consulting on a new notice and guidelines on outsourcing. Having already commented on its positive message for cloud services, this post addresses the …