Mahyuddin Daud

Guidelines and Legal Ecosystem for the Creation of Islamic Content in Malaysia: Towards Consumer Empowerment

The contents of creative industry must portray the cultural and religious values of the country. As a tool of nation building, creative industry plays a fundamental role in inculcating good values and the avoidance of social illnesses. The objective of this study is to examine the importance and growth of Islamic contents in Malaysian creative industry. By employing qualitative research methods, namely, content analysis and interviews, the study found that there is increase in the demand for Islamic contents. This study intends to highlight some of the concerns raised by both producers and consumers of creative content with the hope of empowering consumers in choosing content that is more suitable to their cultural and religious needs. For the Islamic content industry to flourish, having a supportive legal eco-system is imperative. This study explores the existing guidelines on Islamic content as a well as relevant legislation that governs content creation in Malaysia. The study concludes with some policy recommendations that would assist in harnessing the creation of Islamic content in Malaysia.

Critical data leak analysis in educational environment

The rapid growth of computer technologies has resulted in a corresponding increase in the creation of new loopholes in systems which eventually might result in data leak. Data leakage is an incident in which sensitive information is released to any unauthorized party intentionally or unintentionally. There is a large set of software available which can be used to prevent data leak, however they fail to cover all the channels of leakage involved. Many institutions specifically educational institutions are in possession of large amounts of personal data. Due to the sheer size of these institutions, securing each and every system is overlooked. Educational institutions need to implement higher levels of security practices in their systems to stop any attempts of users trying to access critical data intentionally. If adequate measures are not taken, records belonging to the staff as well as students can be manipulated and used. We conduct a case study, and show the potential weaknesses and vulnerabilities that can exist in an educational environment which can be a path for data leak. The results have important implications on preventive measures that can be used by such institutions to avert data leak.