Security

ACSC critical alert for Fortinet Firewalls and VPN Gateways

22 June, 2026

The Australian Cyber Security Centre has raised an alert that it is aware a widespread malicious campaign against Fortinet Firewalls and VPN gateways.


Accenture to spend $6bn growing its OT security business

22 June, 2026 by Dylan Bushell-Embling | Supplied by: Accenture

Accenture has arranged to acquire a majority stake in OT security company Dragos and complete two more acquisitions to bolster its security credentials.


Check Point and Illumio team up to counter AI threats

18 June, 2026 by Dylan Bushell-Embling | Supplied by: Check Point Software Technologies Ltd

Check Point and Illumio have announced an expanded partnership aimed at helping organisations defend against the new breed of AI‍-‍enhanced attacks.


Cohesity develops headless data security architecture

17 June, 2026 by Dylan Bushell-Embling | Supplied by: Cohesity Inc

Cohesity's Maestro solution is the first headless data security architecture for adding data protection and recovery to popular AI platforms.


Securing the new financial year: prioritising autonomous cyber defence

17 June, 2026 by Zak Menegazzi, APJ Director, Armis from ServiceNow | Supplied by: Armis

As Australian businesses enter a new financial year, they need to evaluate their security approaches to strengthen their defence against a complex array of cyberthreats.


Banking security leaders see AI as the industry's top threat

12 June, 2026 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

A survey of banking security leaders in 25 countries found that respondents overwhelmingly view AI as the biggest threat gripping the sector.


CrowdStrike joins OpenID Foundation and IDPro

11 June, 2026 by Dylan Bushell-Embling | Supplied by: CrowdStrike

CrowdStrike has joined two identity and access management industry associations as it seeks to shape the next generation of identity security tools.


Palo Alto completes acquisition of Portkey

10 June, 2026 by Dylan Bushell-Embling | Supplied by: Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks has completed its acquisiiton of AI gateway company Portkey, and now plans to integrate the solution into its Prisma ARIS platform.


Cohesity granted US patent for AI data security platform

05 June, 2026 by Dylan Bushell-Embling | Supplied by: Cohesity Inc

Cohesity has received a US patent for the technology it uses to enable generative AI platforms to securely access enterprises' secondary data.


NetApp, Cisco expand FlexPod to support AI deployments

05 June, 2026 by Dylan Bushell-Embling | Supplied by: NetApp

NetApp and Cisco have expanded their FlexPod data infrastructure and storage portfolio to help enterprises simplify and secure AI deployments.


Check Point launches AI‍-‍powered exposure management tool

03 June, 2026 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Check Point's latest tool uses the methods attackers are using to have AI scan for vulnerabilities to help organisations find them before they can be exploited.


Yubico passkeys validated under FIPS 140-3 standard

29 May, 2026 by Dylan Bushell-Embling | Supplied by: Yubico Inc

Yubico's YubiKey 5 FIPS Series of hardware authenticators have been authorised by the US Government for both Defence PKI and FIDO2 passkeys.


Ping Identity adds AI agent support to flagship platform

28 May, 2026 by Dylan Bushell-Embling | Supplied by: Ping Identity

The Ping Identity Platform has been expanded with capabilities aimed at granting privileged access to AI agents while maintaining control of sensitive data.


CrowdStrike announces Claude integration

27 May, 2026 by Dylan Bushell-Embling | Supplied by: CrowdStrike

CrowdStrike has integrated its Falcon Next‍-‍Gen SIEM and Charlotte Agentic SOAR platforms with the Claude Compliance AI.


Australia is building AI faster than it can secure it

22 May, 2026 by Scott Magill, Country Manager ANZ, Tenable | Supplied by: Tenable APAC

The pace of AI adoption is being set by competitive pressure and internal demand, and security is being asked to keep up.


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