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How Economists Can Help Protect Personal Data

How Economists Can Help Protect Personal Data

If you are about to hand over your private details in exchange for a store loyalty card, are you confident that your data remains in safe hands? It can be difficult to predict if the supermarket manages your sensitive details securely and responsibly. The company may store them on vulnerable servers waiting for hackers to attack. Also, your data might ...
TikTok – Not a Shock?

TikTok – Not a Shock?

The new app on the block; TikTok has been on our radar for a while; in a way that was questionable in terms of the value it provided, but even bigger concerns about the security and privacy side of it.
What’s up Doc?

What’s up Doc?

So I am pretty bad at going to the doctor on time, yes I am one ofย those people who get the overdue notifications on the weekly. I finally had enough courage to turn up to get my regular medication. Generally, when doctors release scripts itโ€™s one of those situations where you put your script in your bag and run out. When I needed to return back to ...
Women Needed in Cyber for Australiaโ€™s Economic Prosperity

Women Needed in Cyber for Australiaโ€™s Economic Prosperity

Many of you in the cybersecurity industry already know about my dedication and passion to encourage more women to enter into and remain in the cybersecurity and broader tech sector. Having spoken around the world at numerous conferences, founded ISACAโ€™s SheLeadsTech program, and participated in the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in ...
Five Ways to Identify Phishing Emails

Five Ways to Identify Phishing Emails

As phishing emails come in different shapes and formats, there is no silver bullet to identify a phishing email. However, there is a collection of red flags you should be looking for before clicking on a new message. Here is our up-to-date guide to help you recognise the latest email-based scams. What is phishing? Phishing is a cyber-attack typically ...
Why multi-factor authentication on the PEXA platform leaves security concerns

Why multi-factor authentication on the PEXA platform leaves security concerns

We published an article yesterday explaining why we seeย problems with the newly-introduced multi-factor authentication security measure on the PEXA electronic conveyancing platform. As a response to the growing number of conveyancing scams, such as theย highly-publicised case involving the former MasterChef contestant, PEXA decided to introduce 2FA to ...
How Abandoned Domain Names Pose a Major Cyber Risk to Your Business

How Abandoned Domain Names Pose a Major Cyber Risk to Your Business

Iron Bastionโ€™s cybersecurity expert Gabor Szathmari, recently published novelย research on abandoned internet domains, and how they are a significant cyber risk which threatens businesses and in particular the Australian legal profession. What is an Abandoned Domain Name? A domain name is a name you can register to identify your business on the ...
The Alphabet of Electronic Conveyancing

The Alphabet of Electronic Conveyancing

ARNECC, ELN, ELNO, ECNL, PEXA... Aย recent cyber-attack incidentย against a property settlement transaction processed through the PEXA network has raised concerns over the transition from the traditional paper-based settlement process to electronic conveyancing. A number of cyberย security experts have expressed their concernsย about the cyber security ...

In The News

Qualys Launches Free Service to Help Organisations De-Risk their Business to Align with UK NCSC Guidelinesย 

Qualys Launches Free Service to Help Organisations De-Risk their Business to Align with UK NCSC Guidelinesย 

Qualysโ€™ new service empowers organisations to access personalised risk perspectives and remediation plans, aligning with NCSC's 5-day risk mitigation timeline
New Research Reveals 92% of Enterprises Unprepared for AI Wave and the Security Challenges it Brings

New Research Reveals 92% of Enterprises Unprepared for AI Wave and the Security Challenges it Brings

Absolute Security, the leader in enterprise cyber resilience, today announced findings from its new research report, Absolute Security Cyber Resilience Risk Index 2024. The research revealed that most industries continue to run almost two months behind in patching software vulnerabilities, endpoints remain vulnerable to threats, and most enterprise PCs ...
Absolute Software Is Now Absolute Security

Absolute Software Is Now Absolute Security

A New Name Highlights Vision and Commitment to Deliver Enterprise Cyberย Resilience, Unique Capability Ensuring Customersโ€™ Security Works
BT Placed Furthest For โ€œCompleteness Of Visionโ€ In The 2024 Gartnerยฎ Magic Quadrantโ„ข For Global WAN Services

BT Placed Furthest For โ€œCompleteness Of Visionโ€ In The 2024 Gartnerยฎ Magic Quadrantโ„ข For Global WAN Services

BT today announced it has been recognised by industry analyst firm Gartner as being the furthest on โ€œCompleteness of Visionโ€ in the 2024 Gartnerยฎ Magic Quadrantโ„ข for Global WAN Services. According to Gartner, the independent report can be used to โ€œto evaluate and select optimal global network service partnersโ€. It is the 20th consecutive year* that ...
BeyondTrust Acquires Entitle, Strengthening Privileged Identity Security Platform with Paradigm Shifting Just-in-Time Access and Identity Governance

BeyondTrust Acquires Entitle, Strengthening Privileged Identity Security Platform with Paradigm Shifting Just-in-Time Access and Identity Governance

Atlanta, GA โ€“ย April 16, 2024 โ€“ย BeyondTrust, the worldwide leader in intelligent identity and access security, today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Entitle, a pioneering privilege management solution that discovers, manages, and automates just-in-time (JIT) access and modern identity governance and administration (IGA) across the entire ...
National Australia Bank Selects CrowdStrike to Protect SMBs from Cybersecurity Threats

National Australia Bank Selects CrowdStrike to Protect SMBs from Cybersecurity Threats

Australiaโ€™s largest business bank partners with the global cybersecurity leader to deliver security with the speed, expertise and flexibility customers need to stop breaches
Check Point Software Technologies Transforms Email Security Again: Patented Unified Administration Boosts Efficacy and Improves Productivity

Check Point Software Technologies Transforms Email Security Again: Patented Unified Administration Boosts Efficacy and Improves Productivity

SYDNEY โ€” 16 April 2024 - Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), a leading AI-powered, cloud-delivered cyber security platform provider, today announced new email security features that enhance its Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration portfolio: Patented unified quarantine, DMARC monitoring, archiving, and Smart Banners. Since ...
Fortinet Announces Winners of Australia Partner of the Year Awards 2023

Fortinet Announces Winners of Australia Partner of the Year Awards 2023

Fortinet has recognised the outstanding achievements of its partners, who have significantly contributed to enhancing customersโ€™ security posture

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