Sam Varghese
Sam Varghese has been writing for iTWire since 2006, a year after the sitecame into existence. For nearly a decade thereafter, he wrote mostly about free and open source software, based on his own use of this genre of software. Since May 2016, he has been writing across many areas of technology. He has been a journalist for nearly 40 years in India (Indian Express and Deccan Herald), the UAE (Khaleej Times) and Australia (Daily Commercial News (now defunct) and The Age). His personal blog is titled Irregular Expression.
Security expert says My Health Record a disaster waiting to happen
A provider of cyber security services to the government has spoken out about the weaknesses that dog the Federal Government's My Health Record system, claiming it cannot guarantee the privacy of sensitive Australian information.
Metadata on offer? We'll have a bit of it too, mate
The Communications Alliance, or more accurately its boss, John Stanton, was the most forthright of the multitudes who appeared at the first hearing of the encryption bill before the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security.
Satellite start-up Myriota teams up with AIMS in oceans study
South Australian satellite start-up Myriota has teamed up with the Australian Institute of Marine Science to deploy marine drifters with satellite-connected sensors that can track currents, sear surface water temperature and barometric pressure of the ocean in real time.
