Strategy

What Australian businesses must learn from a year of sophisticated cyber threats

Relentless cyber attacks in 2021 have had one positive outcome – plenty of learnings to take into 2022. Chris Hockings from IBM explores. Write comment (0 Comme...

By Reporter • 21 Jan 2022

ACCC reports 84% spike in scam losses

Australians shed over $300 million last year off the back of a spike in scamming activity. Write comment (0 Comments) ...

By Charbel Kadib • 20 Jan 2022

UK National Crime Agency finds rise in school kids engaging in cyber crime

Data from the UK National Crime Agency’s National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU) shows there was a 107 per cent increase in reports from the police cyber prevent network of st...

By Reporter • 18 Jan 2022

Snyk ramps up presence in New Zealand

The developer security company has expanded its investment in the Asia-Pacific, appointing new representatives to bolster its market footprint in New Zealand. Write...

By Reporter • 18 Jan 2022

US Cyber Command identifies Iranian threat

Open-source tools deployed by malicious Iran-based cyber actors have been exposed. Write comment (0 Comments) ...

By Reporter • 13 Jan 2022

Corporate extortionists get focused on skills specialisation

As attackers adopt a more “professional” approach, defenders need access to better tools and bigger teams to counter the increased threat, Murray Mills from Tecala ex...

By Murray Mills • 13 Jan 2022

Polish senator hacked with Israeli spyware, Amnesty International confirms

Amnesty International has independently confirmed that a powerful spyware from the Israeli surveillance software maker NSO Group was used to hack a Polish senator multipl...

By Reporter • 07 Jan 2022

CSIRO, defence industry partner to develop virtual defence work experience program

The Defence Industry Virtual Work Experience Program has been developed to provide real-world work experience to high school students interested in pursuing careers in sc...

By Reporter • 05 Jan 2022

Emerging security threats in the cloud expose supply chain risks

Craig Humphreys from Tesserent explains why stakeholders need to rethink their cloud security strategies. Write comment (0 Comments) ...

By Craig Humphreys • 17 Dec 2021

Balancing strong security with usability in the infinite enterprise

Julian Critchlow from Extreme Networks explains how organisations can maintain high security standards in the remote work environment without uprooting usability. W...

By Julian Critchlow • 17 Dec 2021

Why zero trust is critical in the modern hybrid workplace

The widespread introduction of hybrid working has changed the rules of the game when it comes to IT security. Sash Vasilevski from Security Centric explores. Write ...

By Sash Vasilevski • 16 Dec 2021

What’s next for data protection in 2022?

Shiva Pillay and Anthony Spiteri from Veeam Software outline their predictions for the data security environment in 2022. Write comment (0 Comments) ...

By Shiva Pillay and Anthony Spiteri • 16 Dec 2021