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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 businessโ€™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.
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

Flashpointโ€™s risk landscape report shows percentage of stolen Australian credentials in 2022 increases by 99%
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.
Palo Alto Networks Global State of Cloud-Native Security Survey Reveals 93% of Australian Organisations Cannot Detect, Contain and Resolve Cyberthreats Within an Hour

Palo Alto Networks Global State of Cloud-Native Security Survey Reveals 93% of Australian Organisations Cannot Detect, Contain and Resolve Cyberthreats Within an Hour

Third annual report identifies top security gaps and challenges for organisations operating in the cloud
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
Investment in digital customer engagement drives 90% average revenue increase for Australian brands as data protection emerges as top priority

Investment in digital customer engagement drives 90% average revenue increase for Australian brands as data protection emerges as top priority

Twilioโ€™s fourth annual State of Customer Engagement Report reveals customer engagement investments increase brandsโ€™ resilience by boosting revenue and improving customer loyalty. Protecting data is top of mind for Australian brands and consumers as impact of continuing cybercrime ups the ante on privacy and security.
Why emergency phase planning isn’t enough for secure data management

Why emergency phase planning isn’t enough for secure data management

The federal government recently announced it will form a new agency,ย theย National Office of Cyber Security, which will be led by a new cyber co-ordinatorย to manage major incidents across government and to liaise with affected companies during the emergency phase. In the past few months, the industry has witnessed the dire need Australian businesses ...
2022 Threat Roundup: The Emergence of Mixed IT/IoT Threats

2022 Threat Roundup: The Emergence of Mixed IT/IoT Threats

Rapid digitisation means that organisations are now more connected than ever. Most organisations now host a combination of interconnected IT, OT, IoT and sometimes IoMT devices in their networks, which has increased their attack surface. Forescoutโ€™s data shows that around 24% of connected devices in every organisation are no longer traditional IT. The ...

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Australian Businesses Are Betting On AI In The Face of Customer Churn

Australian Businesses Are Betting On AI In The Face of Customer Churn

Ninety-seven percent of Australian businesses are looking to AI for enhanced customer experience despite 95% still harbouring fears over the technology, Genesys research reveals.
Report: 99% Of Australian Organisations Had Two or More Identity-Related Breaches in the Past Year

Report: 99% Of Australian Organisations Had Two or More Identity-Related Breaches in the Past Year

Australia ranks second most breached nation surveyed for occurrences of credentials theft, 3rd party and supply chain breaches, as digital transformation shared as most likely cause of breach, ahead of geo-political/state actors 99% of Australian organisations expect negative impact from using AI powered tools on cybersecurity in the next year ...
Joe Levy Appointed CEO of Sophos

Joe Levy Appointed CEO of Sophos

Sophos hasย today announced that Joe Levy is now chief executive officer (CEO) of the company. Levy has been acting CEO since Feb. 15. To drive a critical role in the execution of his strategy to shape the future of Sophos, Levy has named Jim Dildine Sophosโ€™ new chief financial officer (CFO) and a member of his senior management team. Levy is a ...
Critical Memory Corruption Vulnerability in Fluent Bit’s Built-in HTTP Server

Critical Memory Corruption Vulnerability in Fluent Bit’s Built-in HTTP Server

Tenable Research has discovered a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Fluent Bitโ€™s built-in HTTP server that could potentially result in denial of service (DoS), information leakage, or remote code execution (RCE). The issue was reported to the projectโ€™s maintainers on April 30, 2024. Fixes were committed to the projectโ€™s main branch on May 15 ...
SecurityBridge Introduces Its Next-Generation Security Dashboard for SAP

SecurityBridge Introduces Its Next-Generation Security Dashboard for SAP

New Dashboard Provides a Customized, At-A-Glance View of the Entire SAP Security Landscape
Superloop Achieves Accreditation for Prisma SASE From Palo Alto Networks

Superloop Achieves Accreditation for Prisma SASE From Palo Alto Networks

SYDNEY, Australia, 16 May 2024ย โ€“ Palo Alto Networks, the global cybersecurity leader, announced today that Australian telecommunications provider, Superloop, has achieved Palo Alto Networksโ€™ MSSP accreditation for Prisma SASE. This accreditation underscores Superloopโ€™s proven expertise in delivering SD-WAN and Cloud Security Services. To obtain this ...
Tesserent Advice on Managing and Enhancing Third-party Supplier Risks Following MediSecure Incident

Tesserent Advice on Managing and Enhancing Third-party Supplier Risks Following MediSecure Incident

"It's important for organisations to protect sensitive information, safeguard intellectual property, maintain supply chain integrity, ensure compliance with regulations, and mitigate operational risks.ย 
Tenable Warns That Kinsing Malware Is Exploiting Apache Tomcat Servers With New Advanced Stealth Techniques

Tenable Warns That Kinsing Malware Is Exploiting Apache Tomcat Servers With New Advanced Stealth Techniques

Kinsing malware has previously been seen targeting Linux-based cloud infrastructures, now hitting Apache Tomcat servers

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