An estimated 65% of Australian office workers have committed an act that could leave their company vulnerable to a data breach, new research indicates. [ + ]

The 2018 BigInsights Data & AI Innovation Awards have been presented by Innovation Minister Matt Kean. [ + ]

Half of US very small businesses have suffered financial losses due to cyber attacks on their web presence, according to GoDaddy. [ + ]

A cybersecurity professor will be appointed in the Northern Territory, as part of the government's cybersecurity investment. [ + ]

Former AGD Secretary Roger Wilkins has been appointed to lead a review into the protection and management of identity information to better fight identity theft. [ + ]

Analysis of lookalike domains targeting Australia's top retailers found three times as many such domains with TLS certificates as legitimate retail domains. [ + ]

Long-range Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) data connections have been successfully deployed and tested by Ericsson and Telstra. [ + ]

Australia ranked fourth out of six countries in a report analysing the software development proficiencies of companies. [ + ]

The Australian traditional PC market grew 8.8% in Q2 to 1.07m units as a result of growing demand from the enterprise segment, IDC estimates. [ + ]

Western Australia's ICT workforce is projected to grow by 6500 by 2023 as the state transitions towards a digital economy. [ + ]

The Red Belly Blockchain variant developed by the CSIRO's Data61 was able to deliver speeds far exceeding traditional blockchain during a global-scale test. [ + ]

The City of Sydney is supporting a global business landing pad designed for entrepreneurs from Asia. [ + ]

nbn co has engaged Coriant to help double the capacity of its 60,000 km optical backbone network to 19.2 Tbps per fibre link. [ + ]

Australia's first accelerator for start-ups to gain access to government procurement will be funded by the Victorian Government. [ + ]

The ACMA will start enforcing new nbn migration rules requiring telcos to provide clear information and continuity of service for customers. [ + ]