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ExtraHop® Recognised with a Customers’ Choice Distinction in Gartner Peer Insights™ Voice of the Customer for Network Detection and Response

ExtraHop® Recognised with a Customers’ Choice Distinction in Gartner Peer Insights™ Voice of the Customer for Network Detection and Response

ExtraHop recognised as one of the highly rated providers of NDR solutions for customers looking to modernise security operations read more

Pax8 and CrowdStrike Announce Strategic Partnership to Revolutionise Cybersecurity for Managed Service Providers in the  IT Channel

Pax8 and CrowdStrike Announce Strategic Partnership to Revolutionise Cybersecurity for Managed Service Providers in the IT Channel

 Pax8, the leading cloud commerce marketplace and CrowdStrike (Nasdaq: CRWD), a leader in cloud-delivered protection of endpoints, cloud workloads, identity and data have ... read more

Cipherpoint Subsidiary Excite IT Signs SOCaaS Agreement with Trend Micro

Cipherpoint Subsidiary Excite IT Signs SOCaaS Agreement with Trend Micro

Cipherpoint Limited [ASX: CPT] (the Company) has announced that Excite IT Pty Ltd, its recently acquired wholly owned subsidiary, has entered into an agreement with Trend ... read more

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91% of Australian organisations find the execution of essential security operation tasks challenging, Sophos survey finds

91% of Australian organisations find the execution of essential security operation tasks challenging, Sophos survey finds

Among these challenges, 71% struggle with Identifying the root causes behind an Incident, leaving them vulnerable to further malicious activity READ MORE

BlackBerry Introduces Industry-First Integrated Solution to Assure Secure Bi-Directional Response Communications During Cyber Incidents

BlackBerry Introduces Industry-First Integrated Solution to Assure Secure Bi-Directional Response Communications During Cyber Incidents

BlackBerry integrates award-winning CylanceGUARD and BlackBerry AtHoc technologies for “combat-ready” cyber event continuity planning and response READ MORE

VMware Enhances VMware Tanzu and VMware Aria Platforms to Help Accelerate Modern App Development and Delivery in Response to Customers’ Most Urgent Needs

VMware Enhances VMware Tanzu and VMware Aria Platforms to Help Accelerate Modern App Development and Delivery in Response to Customers’ Most Urgent Needs

New VMware Tanzu and VMware Aria platform capabilities help businesses drive both innovation and cost management in today’s volatile financial environment READ MORE

Synopsys to Showcase Next Gen Polaris Software Integrity Platform® at RSA Conference

Synopsys to Showcase Next Gen Polaris Software Integrity Platform® at RSA Conference

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced it will showcase the Fast Application Security Testing (fAST) offerings that represent the latest capabilities and features of the Polaris Software Integrity Platform® at RSA Conference 2023, April 24-27 in San Francisco. Synopsys fAST Static and Synopsys fAST SCA enable DevOps teams to quickly find and fix vulnerabilities in their proprietary code and open source dependencies through a single fully integrated SaaS platform. READ MORE

Diversis-backed RFI Global acquires DBM’s Atlas division, to create Australia’s most comprehensive financial services customer data set

Diversis-backed RFI Global acquires DBM’s Atlas division, to create Australia’s most comprehensive financial services customer data set

RFI Global, the global leader in data and insights for financial services, today announced that it has acquired DBM Atlas, a leading Australian financial services data and insights provider from the Illuminera Group. This exciting acquisition will further enhance RFI’s unique data and insights proposition by bringing together the two most comprehensive financial service customer data sets in Australia. READ MORE

HPE & VAST Data partner to enable AI for A/NZ channel, enterprises

HPE & VAST Data partner to enable AI for A/NZ channel, enterprises

New Technology Offering Simplifies Data Management and Accelerates Scaling for Data-Intensive Applications READ MORE

F5 safeguards A/NZ with new AI-powered app and API security capabilities

F5 safeguards A/NZ with new AI-powered app and API security capabilities

Anomaly detection, telemetry, and behavioural analysis capabilities provide comprehensive protection for A/NZ customers in any environment READ MORE

Wesfarmers OneDigital and AWS sign agreement to transform the shopping experience for Aussies

Wesfarmers OneDigital and AWS sign agreement to transform the shopping experience for Aussies

Wesfarmers OneDigital today announced a five-year agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to support the business’s developing data and digital platform to deliver the best value and services for its customers. The new agreement means AWS will be the strategic cloud provider across the Wesfarmers Group. READ MORE

Australia’s Information Media and Telecoms Industry Under Spotlight as 50 Million Australian Records Lost to Cybercriminals

Australia’s Information Media and Telecoms Industry Under Spotlight as 50 Million Australian Records Lost to Cybercriminals

Flashpoint’s risk landscape report shows percentage of stolen Australian credentials in 2022 increases by 99% READ MORE

Consumers threaten to abandon businesses that pollute by hoarding unnecessary data

Consumers threaten to abandon businesses that pollute by hoarding unnecessary data

Nearly half of Australian consumers said they would stop buying from companies wilfully causing environmental damage by failing to control how much unneeded data they are storing. READ MORE

Palo Alto Networks Global State of Cloud-Native Security Survey Reveals 93% of Australian Organisations Cannot Detect, Contain and Resolve Cyberthreats Within an Hour
Survey: 92% of Global Organisations Indicate Identity Security as Critical for a Robust Zero Trust Implementation

Survey: 92% of Global Organisations Indicate Identity Security as Critical for a Robust Zero Trust Implementation

CyberArk Introduces Peer-Based Framework for Evaluating and Maturing Identity Security Strategies READ MORE