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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 ...
2024 Cybersecurity Predictions from CyberArk

2024 Cybersecurity Predictions from CyberArk

Over 2023, we’ve seen what I like to call the ‘verticalisation of cybersecurity’ taking effect, in that cybersecurity has finally taken centre stage in business discussions. cybersecurity’s impact on business is now recognised across all industries. It has become both a business concern and a disruptive force and has consequently become an integral ...
2024 Cybersecurity Predictions by Qualys

2024 Cybersecurity Predictions by Qualys

Reflecting on the past year, we've witnessed a notable transformation in how organisations perceive and prioritise their cybersecurity strategies, largely driven by evolving perspectives on its significance, impact and value it has from a business perspective, compounded by the influence of government-led legislations that emphasize compliance. ...
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In The News

Nearly Half of Australian Companies Opt to Pay the Ransom, Sophos Report Finds

Nearly Half of Australian Companies Opt to Pay the Ransom, Sophos Report Finds

Australian median ransom demand is US$217,000; yet 52% of Australian companies negotiated a lower amount than the initial demand
Infoblox Recognised As A Great Place To Work In Australia

Infoblox Recognised As A Great Place To Work In Australia

Infoblox recognised as a great place to work, where employees are treated fairly regardless of gender or sexual orientation by Great Place to Work.
BeyondTrust Signs Strategic Collaboration Agreement With AWS To Drive Secure Identities Across AWS Cloud

BeyondTrust Signs Strategic Collaboration Agreement With AWS To Drive Secure Identities Across AWS Cloud

A deeper collaboration empowers joint customers to quickly accelerate secure cloud adoption and scale identity security across hybrid environments BeyondTrust’s Pathfinder allows unified identity security and AI-driven protection aligned with AWS security best practices Atlanta, GA – June 24, 2025 – BeyondTrust, the global leader in identity ...
Teradata Delivers Private AI Innovation In New Offering: Teradata AI Factory – Purpose-Built, On-Premises Product With NVIDIA Comes Ready-To-Run And Delivers Trustworthy AI With Predictable Pricing, Security, Governance, And Compliance

Teradata Delivers Private AI Innovation In New Offering: Teradata AI Factory – Purpose-Built, On-Premises Product With NVIDIA Comes Ready-To-Run And Delivers Trustworthy AI With Predictable Pricing, Security, Governance, And Compliance

Teradata (NYSE: TDC) today announced the launch of Teradata AI Factory, an integrated solution that brings Teradata’s cloud-based AI/ML capabilities - including predictive, generative, and agentic AI – to secure, on-premises deployments. AI Factory unifies critical components like data pipelines, algorithm execution, and software infrastructure into ...
Rapid7 Puts Agentic AI To Work In The SOC, Empowering Analysts To Investigate Smarter And Faster

Rapid7 Puts Agentic AI To Work In The SOC, Empowering Analysts To Investigate Smarter And Faster

Rapid7 has announced the integration of agentic AI workflows into its MDR services to support threat investigation processes within Security Operations Centres (SOCs). These AI-driven workflows autonomously handle foundational investigative tasks, enabling analysts to focus on more complex threats and strategic decision-making.
Palo Alto Networks’ State Of Generative AI Report Finds 890% Surge In Generative AI Traffic, Raising New Security Challenges For Asia-Pacific And Japan Enterprises

Palo Alto Networks’ State Of Generative AI Report Finds 890% Surge In Generative AI Traffic, Raising New Security Challenges For Asia-Pacific And Japan Enterprises

Palo Alto Networks, the world's leading AI cybersecurity company, released its State of Generative AI 2025 report, which reveals a staggering 890% surge in Generative AI (GenAI) traffic in 2024 driven by the rapid adoption of GenAI tools in enterprise environments. While AI growth offers significant productivity benefits, the report warns that ...
Excite Announces Contract Win With DOHA For $676,000

Excite Announces Contract Win With DOHA For $676,000

Excite Technology Services Limited has secured contracts with the Department of Home Affairs (DOHA) via its wholly owned subsidiary CBIT Pty Limited to deliver advanced IT software solutions that will enhance DOHA's national digital forensics and investigative capabilities.
Artificial Intelligence Is Making Cybercrime Quieter And Quicker: Fortinet Survey Reveals Up To Three Times Surge In Artificial Intelligence-Powered Threats Across Australia

Artificial Intelligence Is Making Cybercrime Quieter And Quicker: Fortinet Survey Reveals Up To Three Times Surge In Artificial Intelligence-Powered Threats Across Australia

Detection gaps widen as artificial intelligence-fuelled attacks reshape cybersecurity in the region  June 24, 2025 – Fortinet®, the global cybersecurity leader driving the convergence of networking and security, has announced the findings of a new IDC survey that reveals a sharp escalation in both the volume and sophistication of cyber threats ...
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