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Australia’s AI Future Is Being Built in the Cloud

Australia’s AI Future Is Being Built in the Cloud

When Amazon Web Services, more commonly known as AWS, planted their flag on Australian soil 13 years ago, cloud computing was still emerging. Today, it powers almost everything we do day to day; consumer banking, enterprise platforms as well as systems tied to national security. AI adoption accelerates across Australia and New Zealand, the question is ...
Containing the Inevitable: What Cyber Leaders Must Prepare for in 2026

Containing the Inevitable: What Cyber Leaders Must Prepare for in 2026

As we head into 2026, I am thinking of a Japanese idiom, Koun Ryusui (行雲流水), to describe how enterprises should behave when facing a cyberattack. Koun Ryusui means “to drift like clouds and flow like water.” It reflects calm movement, adaptability, and resilience. For enterprises, this is an operating requirement. Cyber incidents are no longer isolated ...
Continuous Compliance Isn’t an Option

Continuous Compliance Isn’t an Option

Discover why CISOs must lead the shift to continuous compliance—boosting security, reducing risk, and aligning with evolving regulatory demands.
Trust, Power, People: Hybrid AI’s 2026 Imperative 

Trust, Power, People: Hybrid AI’s 2026 Imperative 

Over the past year across Asia Pacific, conversations with customers, from fast-growing digital natives to highly regulated banks and healthcare providers, all have shared a common thread: AI has moved from experimentation to execution. The question is no longer “if” but “how” to scale responsibly, efficiently, and with clear business outcomes. As we ...
97% of Australian Companies Are Sitting Ducks for the Next Major Cybersecurity Attack

97% of Australian Companies Are Sitting Ducks for the Next Major Cybersecurity Attack

Only 3% of Australian organisations claim to be ‘mature’ in their cybersecurity stance, according to Cisco’s 2025 Cybersecurity Readiness Index report. Seventy-five percent expect a major business disruption within two years due to a cyber incident.   From 8000 companies across 30 countries, only ~3% rate themselves as mature. CTO of ...
Why AWS Security Is the Middleman, Which Is What Regulators Need

Why AWS Security Is the Middleman, Which Is What Regulators Need

Regulators want certainty. Engineers want velocity. Cloud providers are expected to satisfy both simultaneously, globally, and at scale. Tough job, but not for Mark Ryland, Director of Security at AWS. Ryland's day to day to role is being the intermediate between all parties to ensure things get done and to make it happen. The function is underpinned ...
Can AI Ever Really Outpace AI-Powered Cyberattacks?

Can AI Ever Really Outpace AI-Powered Cyberattacks?

Introduction There's this question that keeps coming up in cybersecurity circles, and honestly, it feels a bit like asking whether we can outrun our own shadow. Can defensive AI actually stay ahead of AI-powered attacks? The short answer is probably not in any permanent way, but that doesn't mean we're doomed to lose this fight. The thing about AI ...
Putting Your Money Where Your Money Is

Putting Your Money Where Your Money Is

Introduction Fintech companies occupy a unique position at the intersection of finance and technology. They handle extremely sensitive customer information, personal identities, payment data, transaction histories, and therefore represent a high‑value target for cyber‑criminals. In the Asia‑Pacific region, nearly 80 percent of executives anticipate ...
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Operator XR Secures First European Contract With Swedish Military

Operator XR Secures First European Contract With Swedish Military

ASX-listed xReality Group Limited has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Operator XR Pty Ltd (“Operator XR”), has secured its first European contract, supplying an OP-2 Virtual Reality (VR) tactical training system to a Swedish military end-user. The contract has been executed via Operator XR’s Swedish distribution partner, PROMOTEQ i ...
The $600 Billion Wake-up Call: New Splunk Research Reveals Downtime Is a Systemic Business Crisis

The $600 Billion Wake-up Call: New Splunk Research Reveals Downtime Is a Systemic Business Crisis

The $600 Billion Wake-up Call: New Splunk Research Reveals Downtime is a Systemic Business Crisis   $600 Billion Annual Impact: Aggregate downtime costs for the Global 2000 have soared 50% in two years.   $15,000 Per Minute: The average cost of downtime for organisations, highlighting the immediate financial impact of service disruptions.  ...
Confluent Makes IT Easier to Build and Secure Real-Time AI at Scale

Confluent Makes IT Easier to Build and Secure Real-Time AI at Scale

New capabilities remove barriers to production-ready AI applications with agent-powered workflows, automated data protection, and private cloud connectivity
Barracuda Collaborates With CyberCert on Simpler Compliance Certification for Australian Businesses

Barracuda Collaborates With CyberCert on Simpler Compliance Certification for Australian Businesses

New relationship will reduce cost and complexity of cybersecurity compliance certification for small-to-medium businesses in A/NZ
AI Has Left the Lab: F5 Report Reveals 78 per Cent of Enterprises Now Run AI Inference as a Core Operation

AI Has Left the Lab: F5 Report Reveals 78 per Cent of Enterprises Now Run AI Inference as a Core Operation

2026 F5 State of Application Strategy Report shows production AI model and agentic AI trends fundamentally shifting how enterprises deliver and secure apps in hybrid multicloud environments | Despite the large number of enterprises globally running AI inference, A/NZ organisations are trailing their global counterparts significantly, with less than ...
BeyondTrust Named an Overall Leader in 2026 KuppingerCole Analysts Leadership Compass for Privileged Access Management for Sixth Consecutive Year

BeyondTrust Named an Overall Leader in 2026 KuppingerCole Analysts Leadership Compass for Privileged Access Management for Sixth Consecutive Year

Atlanta, GA – May 18, 2026 – BeyondTrust, the global leader in privilege-centric identity security protecting Paths to Privilege™, today announced it has been recognized by KuppingerCole Analysts AG as an Overall Leader in the 2026 Leadership Compass for Privileged Access Management (PAM), with leadership positions across Product, Innovation, and ...
Australia Urged to Prepare for PQC by 2030 as Readiness Lags

Australia Urged to Prepare for PQC by 2030 as Readiness Lags

New research also finds 78% of organisations see legacy systems as their biggest security risk
Cloud and Unified Security Demand Fuels PMT Growth Across ANZ

Cloud and Unified Security Demand Fuels PMT Growth Across ANZ

Rising demand for cloud-enabled surveillance, operational resilience and integrated security platforms is driving significant growth for PMT Security Systems as organisations across Australia and New Zealand modernise security operations. The company has recently secured a series of major industry awards recognising its growing role in delivering ...
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