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Future of Work Predictions 2024

Future of Work Predictions 2024

With 2024 around the corner, Sunny Bedi, CIO and CDO at Snowflake, has developed his future of work predictions for next year. Prediction: AI Will Be Your Best Work Buddy One of the most exciting ideas for workplace productivity is the deployment of AI assistants that help employees become — and continue to be — efficient and effective. For example, ...
A Human Centric Tech Revolution in 2024

A Human Centric Tech Revolution in 2024

With 2024 around the corner, renowned tech visionary, Ben Canning, SVP of Product Experiences at Smartsheet, has developed his predictions for 2024 focusing on empowering individuals, fostering collaboration, and harnessing the untapped potential of artificial intelligence. Work Needs To Revolve Around Humans, Not The Other Way Around Productivity ...
Businesses Need To Rewrite Their Identity Security Playbook For 2024

Businesses Need To Rewrite Their Identity Security Playbook For 2024

With 9 in 10 businesses having suffered an identity-related breach, identity security remains a critical component to strengthening businesses’ cybersecurity posture in 2024. Yet, 44% of businesses are still at the beginning of their identity journeys, with 60% of Asia-Pacific businesses still in the first stage of identity maturity. Especially now, as ...

Unveiling the Future of Cybersecurity: A Conversation with Cisco’s Jeetu Patel

In a recent Cisco Live session in Melbourne, Cisco's Jeetu Patel, Executive Vice President & Chief Product Officer, shed light on the company's significant announcements and the profound advancements in the field of cybersecurity. Patel's insights underscore the pivotal role of artificial intelligence (AI) in revolutionising security, carving a ...
A Legal Take On The Cybersecurity Strategy 2023-2030

A Legal Take On The Cybersecurity Strategy 2023-2030

The Cybersecurity Strategy 2023-2030 (the Strategy) is Australia's blueprint for cyber-safety by 2030, with three horizons to get there. The Action Plan for the first horizon (2023-2025) sets the foundations for the rest of the strategy to follow, and unsurprisingly includes a lot of legal and regulatory elements to support horizons two and three. For ...
Battling Cyber Scams: Traditional Algorithms Won’t Cut it

Battling Cyber Scams: Traditional Algorithms Won’t Cut it

Australians have experienced a surge in scams, with losses amounting to a staggering $3.1 billion in the past year alone. From a cybersecurity perspective, traditional anti-fraud analytics won’t stem the rising tide of scams. FICO's Vaile Mexted shares five key considerations for the finance sector as it faces an urgent imperative to fortify defences ...
Building Bridges: Developing Cybersecurity Skills And Elevating Talent

Building Bridges: Developing Cybersecurity Skills And Elevating Talent

The cybersecurity sector is at a crossroads, grappling with what can only be described as an existential crisis. The gap in cybersecurity skills has grown to alarming proportions with Australia boasting a shortage of 25,000 to 30,000 cybersecurity professionals in 2022. The escalating complexity of cyber threats, showcased by the 95% increase in ...
Legal Privilege – For Cyber Incidents

Legal Privilege – For Cyber Incidents

A class action lawsuit has been filed against the telecommunications company Optus by former and current customers whose personal information was exposed in a data breach. The lawsuit, representing millions of customers, alleges that Optus failed to protect customer information, breached privacy and telecommunication laws, and did not take proper steps ...
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Bitdefender Launches Powerful Compliance Management Solution Unified With Endpoint Security

Bitdefender Launches Powerful Compliance Management Solution Unified With Endpoint Security

Bitdefender today announced GravityZone Compliance Manager, a new addition to its GravityZone platform that helps organisations reduce the burden of compliance and streamline audit readiness. Designed specifically for today’s complex regulatory landscape, the solution provides real-time visibility, automated remediation, audit-ready reports, and ...
Fortinet Launches Cybersecurity Curriculum for Classrooms in Australia to Strengthen Digital Resilience in Education

Fortinet Launches Cybersecurity Curriculum for Classrooms in Australia to Strengthen Digital Resilience in Education

Fortinet showcases free, education-focused training service that builds foundational cyber awareness among students at the 2025 AIS NSW ICT Management and Leadership Conference – Digital Directors    
New Research Shows ANZ Security Leaders Are Optimistic about AI Agents, But Trust and Compliance Are Key

New Research Shows ANZ Security Leaders Are Optimistic about AI Agents, But Trust and Compliance Are Key

IT security leaders across ANZ expect AI agents to be beneficial, yet most see significant readiness gaps in deploying proper safeguards As AI adoption accelerates and cyber threats increase, 75 per cent of Australian and New Zealand (ANZ) IT security leaders recognise their security practices need transformation. New data from the latest ...
CrowdStrike Reports First Quarter Fiscal Year 2026 Financial Results

CrowdStrike Reports First Quarter Fiscal Year 2026 Financial Results

• Ending ARR surpasses $4.4 billion, adding $194 million in net new ARR • Delivers strong Falcon Flex deal momentum with accounts exceeding $3.2 billion in total deal value, growing more than 6x year-over-year • Achieves record cash flow from operations of $384 million and robust free cash flow of $279 million • Announces share repurchase authorization ...
Ip.Glass Supports Major Infrastructure Transformation At Hornsby Shire Council With Fortinet Secure SD-WAN Solution

Ip.Glass Supports Major Infrastructure Transformation At Hornsby Shire Council With Fortinet Secure SD-WAN Solution

June 04, 2025 – Ip.Glass, a leading provider of innovative cybersecurity and networking services, has successfully delivered a complete network transformation for Hornsby Shire Council using Fortinet’s Secure SD-WAN and SD-Branch solutions. The project represents a significant step forward in the Council’s strategy to improve connectivity, enhance ...
Nintex Survey Finds Australian IT Leaders Embrace AI as SaaS Sprawl Undermines Productivity

Nintex Survey Finds Australian IT Leaders Embrace AI as SaaS Sprawl Undermines Productivity

Melbourne, Australia – June 5, 2025 – Australian mid-market organisations are contending with a growing software sprawl crisis, with 49% juggling between 51 and 200 SaaS tools, and half adding a new tool every two to four weeks. To overcome this, Australians are turning to AI, with 92% deploying AI to detect redundant apps, automate integrations, and ...
Optus Announces Appointment Of New Chief Security & Risk Officer

Optus Announces Appointment Of New Chief Security & Risk Officer

Optus has today announced the appointment of Pieter van der Merwe who will be joining Optus as Chief Security & Risk Officer. Optus CEO Stephen Rue said in a message to all employees that the appointment would enable the company to further strengthen and protect the security of Optus and its customers. Pieter is currently the Chief Security ...
Fastly Research: Commerce Industry Attacks Double As Bots Represent More Than One-Third Of All Traffic

Fastly Research: Commerce Industry Attacks Double As Bots Represent More Than One-Third Of All Traffic

Sydney, 4 June 2025 -  Fastly, Inc. (NYSE: FSLY), a leader in global edge cloud platforms, today released its Q1 2025 Threat Insights Report, providing an overview of security trends, attack vectors and threat activity across the application security landscape. The report reveals that the commerce industry’s attack volume doubled from 15% in Q1 2024 to ...
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