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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
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
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
This article looks at the process of cyber risk quantification.
Australia’s FSIs Can Lead The Way In Secure AI-augmented Software Development
The early successes seen with pair programming will amount to nothing if the code output is of poor quality or is insecure.
Cyber Insurance Isn’t a Free Pass for Australian Businesses
As organisations increasingly look towards cyber insurance to strengthen their cyber security strategies, it’s imperative their houses are in order. The first line of defence is having a clear picture of all the data you hold and how you are handling and retaining it, to ensure you can get insurance, at the best price, and can get it actually paid out ...
Cybersecurity Startup Space: Investing in Early-Stage Companies
In a recent interview, Sergey Gribov, a Partner at Flint Capital, shared his opinion on investing in early-stage cybersecurity startups. More capital is being spent on investing and growing cybersecurity companies which naturally means more competition to grow a successful start-up.
The Competitive Advantage and Sustainability of Products
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Navigating the Australian Cybersecurity Market
In a recent interview, Marcus Thompson provided insights into the Australian cybersecurity industry, market consolidation, and the future of cybersecurity companies in the region. Thompson discussed the collaborative nature of the industry, market consolidation trends, challenges faced by startups, and the potential for new technologies to reshape the ...
In The News
SentinelOne’s Market-Leading CNAPP Racks Up Over 240 G2 Awards
Real users rate Singularity™ Cloud Security as best in industry across cloud native application protection, cloud security posture management and cloud workload protection in 2024 Summer Grid Reports
Boomi Bolsters API Management Offering With New API Control Plane for Centralised Discovery, Management, and Governance
Sydney, Australia — July 9, 2024 — Boomi™, the intelligent integration and automation leader, today announced the launch of the Boomi API Control Plane — providing enterprises with a centralised platform to discover, manage, and govern all APIs across their organisations for accelerated business innovation, improved developer productivity, and stronger ...
Tenable Commentary On RockYou2024 Password Dump
On July 4, researchers from Cybernews found a shared file containing 9,948,575,739 unique plaintext passwords on a hacking forum. The password dump appears to be an updated version of the “RockYou2021” data leak collection that surfaced on the web in June 2021. Since then 1.5 billion new and unique passwords have been added to this current file. Data ...
Tenable Study Shows 66% Of Australian Organisations Plan to Use Generative AI To Enhance Security Measures And Align IT Objectives With The Business – However, Only 11% Exhibit High Confidence In Implementation
Tenable®, Inc, the Exposure Management company, has published a new study revealing that 66% of organisations plan to harness generative AI (GenAI) within the next 12 months to enhance security measures and align IT objectives with broader business goals. Despite this surge in adoption, the study also reveals a worrying trend, as only 11% of ...
The Infinigate Group Announces Strategic Investment In Wavelink
The investment supports the growth plans of both organisations, delivering geographical expansion for Infinigate.
Proofpoint Appoints Ex-Imperva Executive George Lee as Senior Vice President of Asia Pacific and Japan
With over two decades of experience, George Lee will helm business development in hyper-growth markets across Asia Pacific and Japan
Advent One Announces Leadership Transition – Jason Dixon Appointed as CEO
MELBOURNE, July 4, 2024 - Advent One, a leading provider of managed services across infrastructure, automation, observability, security and cloud, today announced a significant leadership transition as John Twine steps down as CEO after five years of dedicated service. John Twine will assume the role of Non-Executive Director on the Advent One Board, ...
New Relic Appoints Peter Marelas to Field Chief Technology Officer for Asia Pacific and Japan
Veteran technology leader to evangelise observability and take key role in solving deep technical challenges across the Asia Pacific region
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