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AI to Supercharge Cyber Threats Across Australia

AI to Supercharge Cyber Threats Across Australia

AI is fundamentally changing the economics of cyberattacks in Australia. Adversaries are no longer scaling through the workforce, but rather through automation. Leaders can’t rely on human-paced defences in a machine-paced threat environment.  Here are the top security trends to watch out for in 2026 and beyond: Compressed Attack Timelines Due to ...
Why Fighting Fraud Requires a Real-time Foundation

Why Fighting Fraud Requires a Real-time Foundation

Introduction Australia is fast becoming a hotspot for AI-generated cybercrime. Risks that were once theoretical are now costing businesses millions, even as security teams deploy advanced analytics, AI, and new approaches to keep pace. Consider this case in 2024. A finance employee in Hong Kong wired US$25 million during what appeared to be a ...
‘Tis the Season to Stay Secure: Safeguarding Your Business This Festive Period

‘Tis the Season to Stay Secure: Safeguarding Your Business This Festive Period

This holiday shopping season can make or break many Australian businesses. While consumers are shopping for bargains, attackers are searching for vulnerabilities.  The surge in shopping traffic during Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Christmas sales provides cybercriminals with the perfect cover to launch scams and fraud campaigns, exploiting the rise ...
Australia’s Next Insider Threat Might Be an Algorithm

Australia’s Next Insider Threat Might Be an Algorithm

As Australian organisations race to embed AI tools across human resources, finance and operations, they may be missing a critical security fault line. While disgruntled employees or contractors gone rogue remain a concern, the next major data breach is increasingly likely to come from an algorithm that never intended malice.
Safeguarding Australia’s Most Critical Systems: Why Cybersecurity Is a Sovereignty Issue

Safeguarding Australia’s Most Critical Systems: Why Cybersecurity Is a Sovereignty Issue

Byline from Christopher Rule, General Manager of Defence, Security, and Resilence at GME about why cybersecurity is a sovereignty issue, on the back off ASD's recent Cyber Threat Report and ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess's speech on cyber espionage against critical infrastructure no longer being a hypothetical wartime scenario.
Exploring Security in the Context of AI

Exploring Security in the Context of AI

Insights From the Cisco Live! "Redefining Security in the AI Era" Panel The rapid proliferation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) across industries has adroitly shifted the paradigm of cybersecurity. At the recent “Redefining Security in the AI Era” panel held at Cisco Live! 2025, senior leaders from Cisco, and partner organisation Logicalis, met to ...
Cybercrime to Hit $10.5 Trillion by 2025, According to Cybersecurity Ventures

Cybercrime to Hit $10.5 Trillion by 2025, According to Cybersecurity Ventures

According to research from Cybersecurity Ventures, cybercrime is projected to cost the world $10.5 trillion annually by 2025 ¹ and attacks, especially ransomware, are now an everyday fact of life. Last week in New York, at a recent press briefing before the official commencement of Commvault Shift, Commvault disclosed that 78% of respondents in the ...
‘We Let the Internet Down Today’ Says Co-Founder at Cloudflare

‘We Let the Internet Down Today’ Says Co-Founder at Cloudflare

​When Cloudflare goes down, the internet feels it. The recent Cloudflare outage wasn’t just ‘a blip’ - it was an unfortunate failure that took some of the world’s most heavily trafficked services offline. Cloudflare confirmed that a configuration update triggered a failure inside its control plane, specifically within systems responsible for managing ...
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Ping Identity Redefines the Identity Control Plane for the Agentic Enterprise

Ping Identity Redefines the Identity Control Plane for the Agentic Enterprise

Delivers AI-first headless interfaces and skills to make enterprise identity programmable; AI agent governance across the full lifecycle; and privileged access for AI agents without exposing secrets
KnowBe4 Enables Organisations to Have Independent Control Over Outbound Email Security

KnowBe4 Enables Organisations to Have Independent Control Over Outbound Email Security

KnowBe4 Combats Human Mistakes with Simple, Dual-Layer Data Protection for SMBs 
More Than Half of Australian Organisations Surveyed, Have Paid a Ransomware Demand, Despite Confidence in Their Own Recovery Plans

More Than Half of Australian Organisations Surveyed, Have Paid a Ransomware Demand, Despite Confidence in Their Own Recovery Plans

Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) organisations pay ransomware demands at nearly double the US rate, Veeam survey finds
78% of Australians Using AI at Work Lack Formal Training, yet Only 30% Are Concerned About the Risks, According to the Hays Salary Guide FY26/27

78% of Australians Using AI at Work Lack Formal Training, yet Only 30% Are Concerned About the Risks, According to the Hays Salary Guide FY26/27

New Hays research finds AI adoption is outpacing organisational readiness, with uneven training and inconsistent investment leaving parts of the workforce behind
Lenovo CIO Playbook: 95% of ANZ CIOs to Increase AI Investment in the Next 12 Months

Lenovo CIO Playbook: 95% of ANZ CIOs to Increase AI Investment in the Next 12 Months

Enterprises across Asia Pacific are accelerating their shift from AI experimentation to execution, with 96% of organizations planning to increase AI investments over the next 12 months, according to the 4th edition of the Lenovo CIO Playbook 2026 - The Race for Enterprise AI, commissioned by Lenovo with insights from IDC. On average, organizations ...
Sophos Named a Champion in Omdia Cybersecurity MSP Ecosystems Leadership Matrix 2026

Sophos Named a Champion in Omdia Cybersecurity MSP Ecosystems Leadership Matrix 2026

Omdia recognises the global cybersecurity leader for their MDR scale, partner program innovation, and integrated portfolio that expands what MSPs can deliver to their customers 
Execution Pressures Holding Back Australian Public Sector’s Transformation Ambitions, New Sovereign Technology Report Finds

Execution Pressures Holding Back Australian Public Sector’s Transformation Ambitions, New Sovereign Technology Report Finds

May 27, 2026 - Australian government and critical infrastructure organisations are under growing pressure to modernise technology ecosystems while maintaining operational control, accountability, and resilience with new research suggesting the gap between ambition and execution is widening. The Sovereign Technology Report: From Complexity to ...
AI Adoption Creates Critical Cloud Security Gaps for Enterprises, New Check Point Report Shows

AI Adoption Creates Critical Cloud Security Gaps for Enterprises, New Check Point Report Shows

77% of organisations update security for AI, but only 26% can enforce it, exposing a growing 'AI Security Gap' across the enterprise
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