by The Production Team | Dec 23, 2022 | Reports & Predictions
On Tuesday 15th, November, I co-hosted Zscaler’s CxO Roundtable event, held at the always-elegant Rockpool Restaurant in Sydney, Australia. In attendance was Kavitha Mariappan, EVP Customer Experience & Transformation, straight from Silicon Valley,...
by The Production Team | Dec 19, 2022 | Reports & Predictions
Cyber Threats Social Engineering: According to analysts from Flashpoint, “Retailers are pulling out all the stops to incentivise spending, this includes a high volume of discount codes and online offers. Threat actors are likely to tailor social engineering campaigns,...
by Nozomi Networks | Dec 19, 2022 | Governance & Risk, OT Security
As cybersecurity moves into 2023, the trends from the past few years remain firmly in place. Australian organisations are increasingly focused on optimising their use of technology, and on the convergence of operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT)....
by The Production Team | Dec 19, 2022 | Reports & Predictions
Sydney, Australia, 19 December 2022 – A string of high-profile cyber attacks on Australian companies has left 70% of Australians less confident in their cybersecurity protection than 12 months ago, with two in five now expecting to suffer a cyber breach in 2023,...
by The Production Team | Dec 16, 2022 | Reports & Predictions
More than 85% of attacks now use encrypted channels across various stages of the kill chain, up 20% from last year. Nearly 90% of all cyberthreats that affect users and organisations come from malware that downloads a malicious payload via a link shared in an email or...
by The Production Team | Dec 13, 2022 | Reports & Predictions
Flashpoint today revealed its Ransomware, Insider Threat, and Vulnerability ‘Quickview’ snapshots for the month of November, showing Australia was the sixth most targeted country in the world during the month, behind the US, Canada, UK, Germany and Japan; and ahead of...
by The Production Team | Dec 13, 2022 | Reports & Predictions
SYDNEY, Australia — December 13, 2022 — ManageEngine, the enterprise IT management division of Zoho Corporation, today presented the results of its new global survey, IT at work: 2022 and beyond. The study revealed that IT departments in Australia and New Zealand...
by The Production Team | Dec 12, 2022 | FinTech
First party fraud is not a novel concept or challenge for financial institutions. However, due to a unique blend of market forces and downwards pressures on Australians, it is likely to undergo a significant evolution over the next 12 months. To successfully manage...
by The Production Team | Dec 12, 2022 | Leadership
2022 has certainly been a memorable year when it comes to cybersecurity as it has been propelled into the spotlight with the recent breaches. In 2023, we will continue to see these types of threats arise as well as new challenges. Here are my top predictions for...
by The Production Team | Dec 9, 2022 | Governance & Risk
2022 has left its mark, particularly over the last couple of months, as cybersecurity has become a national issue. The recent high-profile breaches have cast a spotlight on the devastating effects of cyber-attacks. 2022 has propelled organisations forward...
by The Production Team | Dec 7, 2022 | Reports & Predictions
(SYDNEY, Australia) – (December 7, 2022) – DigiCert, Inc., a leading global provider of digital trust, today released its annual forecast of cybersecurity trends emerging for the new year and beyond. These projections — authored by DigiCert experts Dr. Avesta Hojjati,...
by The Production Team | Dec 7, 2022 | Reports & Predictions, Zero Trust
More than 90% of organisations migrating to the cloud have implemented, are implementing, or are in the process to implement a zero trust architecture Only 22% of global IT decision-makers claim to be ‘fully confident’ their organisation is leveraging the potential...
by The Production Team | Dec 7, 2022 | Reports & Predictions
Absolute Software, the only provider of self-healing, intelligent security solutions, today announced that Omdia, a leading provider of global research that helps enterprises navigate the technology ecosystem, named the company a “Vendor to Watch” in the latest Omdia...
by The Production Team | Dec 6, 2022 | Crisis Management, Executive Communication
The recent high profile cybersecurity attacks on Medibank and Optus, as well as several that have garnered less attention has left corporate Australia scrambling. While technical teams are focussing on risks and vulnerabilities, wise organisations are taking a broader...
by The Production Team | Dec 5, 2022 | Reports & Predictions
Companies of all sizes faced attacks, with malware representing 40% of CyberSOC (Detection and Response operation centers) incidents. 99,000+ investigations show an increase in incidents of +5% YoY; averaging 34 incidents per month/per customer – more than one...
by The Production Team | Dec 5, 2022 | Reports & Predictions
According to a new research report by Rapid7, companies listed on the ASX 200 have a respectable security posture, and the attack surface in general is on-par with global counterparts in the FTSE 350 and the Fortune 500. “Whilst there’s still definite room for...
by The Production Team | Dec 2, 2022 | Risk Management, Security Awareness
It’s easy to see why ransomware is such a cash cow for cybercriminals. It’s more efficient and profitable than other cybercrimes and by exploiting our near-total dependence on the internet, bad actors can demand millions of dollars to restore operations. It’s...
by The Production Team | Dec 2, 2022 | Leadership, Vendor Management
You will know the drill if you work in cybersecurity: something goes wrong, and immediately the recriminations begin. Vendors, customers, consultants and service providers form an orderly circle, face off, and begin blaming and shaming. We all know deep down...
by The Production Team | Dec 1, 2022 | Exposure Management, Reports & Predictions
SYDNEY, Australia. (December 1, 2022) — Tenable®, the Exposure Management company, today announced the results of a telemetry study examining the scope and impact of the critical Log4j vulnerability, known as Log4Shell, in the months following its initial disclosure....
by The Production Team | Dec 1, 2022 | Reports & Predictions
SYDNEY, December 1, 2022 – Lookout, Inc., the endpoint to cloud security company, today announced the discovery of nearly 300 loan apps that exhibit predatory behaviour such as exfiltrating excessive user data from mobile devices and harassing borrowers for repayment....
by The Production Team | Dec 1, 2022 | Reports & Predictions
Sydney, Australia, December 1, 2022 – DigiCert, Inc., a leading global provider of digital trust, today released its 2022 State of Digital Trust Survey that finds that almost half of consumers in APAC (42%) have stopped doing business with a company after losing trust...
by The Production Team | Dec 1, 2022 | Reports & Predictions
SYDNEY – 1 November 2022 – Bitdefender has released its November Threat Debrief, a monthly series analysing threat news, trends, and research from the previous month. It includes a Ransomware Report highlighting the top ransomware families detected, as well as the top...
by The Production Team | Dec 1, 2022 | Reports & Predictions
SYDNEY, Australia – December 1, 2022—Genetec Inc. (“Genetec”), a leading technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations, and business intelligence solutions, today shared the results of its 2022 State Physical Security report. Based on...
by The Production Team | Nov 28, 2022 | Security Operations
The cybersecurity strategies followed by many organisations tend to be rather piecemeal affairs. Multiple products are deployed to tackle different threats with little thought given to creating a cohesive whole. Such an approach is concerning for a number of reasons....
by The Production Team | Nov 28, 2022 | Governance & Risk
AIIA urges Government to reconsider increases in data breach penalties as part of wider Privacy Act review: penalties regime needs to not discourage good behaviour. Australia’s peak body for innovation technology, the Australian Information Industry Association...
by The Production Team | Nov 28, 2022 | Executive Communication
Virtual attendance at Annual General Meetings (AGM) has soared in recent years, providing unheralded levels of engagement, access and accountability. Traditionally, AGMs have been essentially a closed club, limited to only those with the time to visit in person....
by The Production Team | Nov 24, 2022 | Reports & Predictions
SYDNEY, Nov 24, 2022 – Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), a global cybersecurity leader, today announced that 32% of Australian organisations have had customer records compromised multiple times over the past 12 months as they struggle to profile and...
by The Production Team | Nov 23, 2022 | Reports & Predictions
Sydney, Australia – November 22, 2022 – Australian organisations’ level of multi-cloud maturity and the related business benefits could be tied to their CEOs’ engagement with the technology, new global research from VMware suggests. According to the VMware Multi-Cloud...
by The Production Team | Nov 18, 2022 | Reports & Predictions, Zero Trust
SYDNEY, Australia, November 15, 2022 — Rubrik, the Zero Trust Data Security™ Company, today announced the Australian findings from its inaugural State of Data Security report, commissioned by Rubrik and conducted by Wakefield Research. Among the key findings regarding...
by The Production Team | Nov 16, 2022 | Reports & Predictions
Sydney, Australia —November 15, 2022— Progress (Nasdaq: PRGS), the trusted provider of application development and infrastructure software, today announced the results of its 2022 survey, “DevSecOps: Simplifying Complexity in a Changing World.” More than 600 IT,...
by The Production Team | Nov 15, 2022 | Reports & Predictions
Europe is on track to eclipse the United States as the target-of-choice for ransomware attackers, a trend cyber experts speculate could be the result of toughened policies in Washington. Mandiant’s Cyber Security Forecast 2023 has provided an overview of the...
by The Production Team | Nov 15, 2022 | Offensive Security, Risk Management
Data breaches, ransomware attacks, and other cyber security incidents are increasingly making headlines across Australia. The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner reports that they were notified about 396 data breaches between January and June 2022 with...
by The Production Team | Nov 11, 2022 | Security Operations
The Pandemic Has Exacerbated Existing Security Problems As the cybersecurity threatscape continues to become more complex and challenging, the media have primarily focused on the struggles faced by businesses. But COVID-19 responses also had the unintended consequence...
by The Production Team | Nov 9, 2022 | GENERAL
REGISTER TODAY Date & Time November 15, 2022 12:00PM – 2:00PM Speakers Kavitha Mariappan – EVP, Customer Experience and Transformation at Zscaler Karissa Breen – Founder of KBI.Media Heng Mok – CISO APJ at Zscaler Intended...
by The Production Team | Nov 9, 2022 | Cloud Security
By Alex Nehmy, Director of Industry 4.0 Strategy APJ at Palo Alto Networks The Air Gap is dead The notion of having air-gapped computer systems from the primary corporate environment and the internet is antiquated, steeped more in fairy tale romance than reality. An...
by The Production Team | Nov 9, 2022 | Security Awareness
Remote working has become a staple of everyday life. A recent report from the Australian Bureau of Statistics highlights almost half of all Australians regularly work from home. It also appears that the trend is likely to continue with employees and employers both...
by The Production Team | Nov 8, 2022 | Executive Communication
The CISO entrusted with the protection of Uber’s data was found guilty of failing to effectively protect that data. CISOs now face actual personal accountability. Former CSO, Joe Sullivan, and other top officials covered-up a 2016 Uber data breach, which...
by The Production Team | Nov 3, 2022 | Reports & Predictions
Absolute Software, the only provider of self-healing, intelligent security solutions, today announced availability of Building Resilient Zero-Trust Capabilities(1), published by 451 Research, part of S&P Global Market Intelligence. This new report defines...
by The Production Team | Nov 1, 2022 | Reports & Predictions
Sydney, Australia (1 November 2022) – The first step to addressing the myriad types of risk that need to be managed in an organisation is understanding risk appetite and tolerance. ISACA has released two new resources that offer guidance in both areas: the Using Risk...
by Nozomi Networks | Nov 1, 2022 | OT Security, Reports & Predictions
SYDNEY, October 31, 2022 — Nozomi Networks Inc., the leader in operational technology (OT) and IoT security, today announced the SANS 2022 OT/ICS Cybersecurity Report finds industrial control systems (ICS) cybersecurity threats remain high as adversaries set their...
by The Production Team | Oct 26, 2022 | Reports & Predictions
Almost half of all respondents activated an improved cybersecurity strategy in 2022 Sydney, AUSTRALIA, October 26, 2022—As cybersecurity awareness month becomes a focus of discussion in October, new research conducted by Genetec Inc. (“Genetec”), a leading technology...
by The Production Team | Oct 21, 2022 | Reports & Predictions
Poor password management making it easy for cyber-attackers to access corporate systems Although passwords are amongst the most important lines of defence against nefarious cyber-attackers seeking access to online accounts or corporate networks, password health...
by The Production Team | Oct 18, 2022 | OT Security, Reports & Predictions
60% of Australian organisations will increase their cyber budget in 2023 90% reported public information sharing and transparency was a risk that could lead to a loss of competitive advantage 81% felt new requirements for mandatory disclosures of cyber incidents to...
by The Production Team | Oct 12, 2022 | Security Operations
By Nikki Saunders, cybersecurity EcoSystem Program Manager, Pacific, Schneider Electric Cybercrime is the biggest threat facing corporate Australia today, costing the economy more than an estimated $3trillion. With the sophistication, agility, and frequency of...
by The Production Team | Oct 10, 2022 | Reports & Predictions
As Putin comes under growing pressure, his conscription campaign to get more Russians into the conflict has sparked an underground market on illicit online communities and social media for Russians to avoid the draft. Risk intelligence firm Flashpoint has seen fake...
by The Production Team | Oct 7, 2022 | Reports & Predictions
Researchers at the Synopsys Cybersecurity Research Center (CyRC) have discovered an availability vulnerability in the IKEA TRÅDFRI smart lighting system. An attacker sending a single malformed IEEE 802.15.4 (Zigbee) frame makes the TRÅDFRI bulb blink, and if they...
by The Production Team | Oct 4, 2022 | Reports & Predictions
By Jonathan Knudsen, Head of Global Research, Synopsys Cybersecurity Research Center The Synopsys Cybersecurity Research Center (CyRC) recently published a vulnerability advisory related to Open5GS, which is full of dense technical detail. But what does it all mean...
by The Production Team | Sep 23, 2022 | Reports & Predictions, Security Awareness
By now, you’ve likely seen the news about Optus, Australia’s second-largest telco, having suffered a serious data breach, and the exposing of the private information of their millions of current and historic users through a malicious cyber-attack. What might not...
