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Break Glass Accounts: Essential Security or a Cyber Risk?

Break Glass Accounts: Essential Security or a Cyber Risk?

Enterprises need a zero trust mindset to emergency access: least privilege, continuous monitoring and no implicit trust, even in a crisis. Break glass accounts should be treated as exceptions, not shortcuts, and governed accordingly.
The Latest Security Vulnerability Exploit Doesn’t Break Your Encryption. IT Bypasses IT.

The Latest Security Vulnerability Exploit Doesn’t Break Your Encryption. IT Bypasses IT.

A zero-day vulnerability exploit shows device compromises can bypass encryption entirely.
Building Secure Automation: Three Core Pillars That Make an iPaaS Enterprise-ready

Building Secure Automation: Three Core Pillars That Make an iPaaS Enterprise-ready

Introduction Security and governance are no longer back-office concerns, and in Australia, the stakes have never been higher. After a record 1,113 notifiable data breaches in 2024, the OAIC logged more than 530 additional breaches in the first half of 2025, with malicious attacks continuing to dominate. At the same time, major privacy reforms (e.g. ...
Identity Management Day

Identity Management Day

The sixth Identity Management Day highlights the evolving nature of identity. The meteoric rise of AI in general and its impact on nonhuman identities (NHIs) has focused attention on identity security as never before. But in the long view, it simply highlights the same issues we have seen in identity management since it was called “identity ...
Encryption Alone Is Not a Security Strategy

Encryption Alone Is Not a Security Strategy

Consumer apps lack identity and device controls, risking sensitive data.
Responsible ESG AI Enablement Could Become Australia’s Next Great Export If We Start Now

Responsible ESG AI Enablement Could Become Australia’s Next Great Export If We Start Now

Introduction Logicalis Australia is calling for a shift in how Australia approaches artificial intelligence (AI), warning that the country risks missing a major global opportunity if it continues to focus primarily on policy and access to compute rather than infrastructure. Peter Cardassis, technical services director, Logicalis Asia Pacific, said, ...
AI ‘Cognitive Crisis’. Experts Warn Students Are Potentially Losing Their Ability to Think Independently

AI ‘Cognitive Crisis’. Experts Warn Students Are Potentially Losing Their Ability to Think Independently

​America’s future cyber workforce may be walking into the cyber battlefield unarmed, not because they lack tools, but because they’ve stopped thinking for themselves. Cybersecurity educators who say artificial intelligence is quietly eroding the very skills the industry depends on. “We’re seeing what’s being called cognitive offloading or cognitive ...
We Need to Rethink What Airport Security Means in Australia

We Need to Rethink What Airport Security Means in Australia

Introduction In Australia, the intensity of our airport and aviation security is strangely famous worldwide. It even has its own reality television show; Border Security – Australia’s Front Line. The scene is always similar: drug sniffing dogs, x-ray machines and baggage searches used to investigate the latest security threat. But there is an ...
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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 ...
Cowbell Cyberinsurance Appoints Gerry Power as General Manager, Australia

Cowbell Cyberinsurance Appoints Gerry Power as General Manager, Australia

Cowbell has appointed Gerry Power as General Manager, Australia, marking an important step in the company’s expansion in the local market. This newly created role reflects Cowbell’s commitment to building a scaled, broker-focused cyber insurance business in Australia. Gerry will lead market development, distribution strategy and the build-out of local ...
Aon Appoints Quinton Kotze as Head of Cyber Solutions in Australia

Aon Appoints Quinton Kotze as Head of Cyber Solutions in Australia

SYDNEY, 18 May 2026 - Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today announced the appointment of Quinton Kotze as head of cyber solutions for Aon in Australia. Based in Sydney, Kotze will lead Aon’s cyber solutions capability in Australia, with a focus on shaping and advancing the firm’s cyber risk strategy in close ...
Baidam and AUSCERT Formalise Strategic Cybersecurity Partnership to Strengthen Australia’s Cyber Resilience

Baidam and AUSCERT Formalise Strategic Cybersecurity Partnership to Strengthen Australia’s Cyber Resilience

BRISBANE, QLD – [18th April 2026] – Baidam, a leading First Nations information technology provider, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with AUSCERT, one of Australia's oldest and most trusted not-for-profit cyber emergency response teams based at The University of Queensland (UQ). The partnership aims to uplift Australia's cybersecurity ...
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