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Australian Federal Budget – What’s in the bag?

Australian Federal Budget – What’s in the bag?

On Tuesday 14th May, Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Minister for Finance Katy Gallagher announced Australia’s Federal budget. Labeled a "responsible Budget that assists those under pressure today," the Treasurer has predicted a second straight surplus of $9.3 billion. The Government's key priorities in this Budget are addressing the cost of living, ...
Understanding the Growing Cybersecurity Threats and Challenges with Mark Anderson

Understanding the Growing Cybersecurity Threats and Challenges with Mark Anderson

In a recent episode of the KBKast, host Karissa Breen dove into details about current cyber landscape and critical cybersecurity challenges pertinent to small and medium businesses. The Microsoft executive, Mark Anderson. Anderson's extensive knowledge and illuminating known perspectives on the intricacies of cybercrime, the critical role of proactive ...
The Three Ways Australian Infrastructure Operators are Converging Physical and IT Security Functions

The Three Ways Australian Infrastructure Operators are Converging Physical and IT Security Functions

Convergence can be significantly aided by having a physical security function that ‘leans into’ the change and has appropriate support systems in place.
How Disjointed Identities have Become a Significant Security Threat

How Disjointed Identities have Become a Significant Security Threat

The proliferation of disjointed identities poses a significant threat to modern organisations. By embracing a unified identity security approach, they can gain a comprehensive view of their identity landscape, proactively manage risks, and prevent costly breaches.
How the Security of Critical Infrastructure (SOCI) Act is strengthening Australia’s critical infrastructure cybersecurity posture

How the Security of Critical Infrastructure (SOCI) Act is strengthening Australia’s critical infrastructure cybersecurity posture

Critical infrastructure – including healthcare, financial infrastructure, telecommunications, energy infrastructure, water assets and more – are vital to Australia's national growth, underpinning social and economic prosperity.
Don’t Be The Weakest Link In The Ongoing Battle Against Phishing Attacks

Don’t Be The Weakest Link In The Ongoing Battle Against Phishing Attacks

The release of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) 2023 Targeting scams report may come with a sigh of relief. Despite predictions that Australians would lose more than AUD 3.15 billion to scams in 2023, it appears that the combined losses reported for the year were $2.74 billion, a 13% decrease from 2022, the report ...
Exploring the Intersection of AI and Cybersecurity Ethics

Exploring the Intersection of AI and Cybersecurity Ethics

The Recap In a recent episode of KBKast, Corien Vermaak, Head of cybersecurity from Cisco ANZ, joined host Karissa Breen to discuss the conversation of AI in and cybersecurity. The interview shed light on the opportunities and ethical considerations presented by AI in the cybersecurity domain, providing valuable insights for both professionals and ...
The Importance of Undertaking Cyber Risk Quantification

The Importance of Undertaking Cyber Risk Quantification

This article looks at the process of cyber risk quantification.
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Genetec Successfully Completes Australian Federal Government IRAP Assessment

Genetec Successfully Completes Australian Federal Government IRAP Assessment

Assessment enables Genetec to support Australian Government agencies and critical infrastructure providers with cloud-based physical security solutions
Ransomware Rises Fourfold In a Year of Complex Threats – Barracuda’s XDR Roundup 2024

Ransomware Rises Fourfold In a Year of Complex Threats – Barracuda’s XDR Roundup 2024

In 2024, Barracuda Managed XDR logged many trillions of IT events to identify the critical security threats targeting organizations and neutralize malicious activity. Threat analysts in Barracuda Managed XDR’s Security Operations Center (SOC) have drawn on this unique dataset to highlight the most common ways threat actors tried — and ultimately failed ...
Builder.ai Secures and Automates Identities in the Cloud With CyberArk

Builder.ai Secures and Automates Identities in the Cloud With CyberArk

CyberArk (NASDAQ: CYBR), the global leader in identity security, today announced that Builder.ai has selected CyberArk to secure identities across its multi-cloud environment, protecting and automating workforce and developer user access to all apps with intelligent privilege controls. Builder.ai leads the industry with its AI-powered composable ...
Palo Alto Networks Introduces Cortex Cloud, the Future of Real-Time Cloud Security

Palo Alto Networks Introduces Cortex Cloud, the Future of Real-Time Cloud Security

Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW), the global cybersecurity leader, is doubling down on cloud security with the introduction of Cortex® Cloud, the next version of Prisma Cloud, that natively brings together new releases of its best-in-class cloud detection and response (CDR) and industry-leading cloud native application protection platform (CNAPP) ...
CyberArk Acquires Zilla Security to Reshape Identity Governance and Administration for the Modern Enterprise

CyberArk Acquires Zilla Security to Reshape Identity Governance and Administration for the Modern Enterprise

Industry-leading identity security combined with modern IGA sets a new paradigm for compliance and identity lifecycle management
Bitdefender Acquires BitShield Division to Expand Presence in Asia-Pacific

Bitdefender Acquires BitShield Division to Expand Presence in Asia-Pacific

Bitdefender has announced the acquisition of a key division of BitShield, responsible for distributing Bitdefender solutions in Malaysia and Brunei as a trusted Country Partner. The acquisition underscores Bitdefender’s continued investment in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, one of cybersecurity’s fastest-growing markets. This acquisition aligns ...
Victorian Government Extends Investment in Resilient Land Mobile Radio Communications with Motorola Solutions

Victorian Government Extends Investment in Resilient Land Mobile Radio Communications with Motorola Solutions

The Victorian government has signed a 10-year, AUD $500 million (USD ~$330 million) contract with Motorola Solutions to maintain and enhance the Metropolitan Mobile Radio network (MMR) relied upon by the state’s emergency services. The contract with the Department of Justice and Community Safety will extend MMR’s operation until 2035, providing ...
Confluent and Databricks Expand Partnership to Usher In New Age of Real-time AI

Confluent and Databricks Expand Partnership to Usher In New Age of Real-time AI

Data streaming company Confluent has unveiled a major expansion of its partnership with Databricks, bringing together Confluent’s complete Data Streaming Platform and Databricks’ Data Intelligence Platform to empower enterprises with real-time data for AI-driven decision-making. New integrations between Confluent's Tableflow and Databricks Unity ...
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