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Australia has toughest data breach fines in APAC: report

23 October, 2026 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Australia has one of the strictest and most mature cyber regulatory markets in the Asia–Pacific region, according to research from Aon.


How Mythos changes the assumptions underpinning Australia's banking regulations

23 July, 2026 by Niraj Naidu, Head of Sales Engineering A/NZ, Rubrik

The advent of frontier AI models invalidates many of the cybersecurity assumptions implicit in CPS 230, which came into effect only one year ago.


Delayed detection is turning cyber incidents into million‍-‍dollar losses

05 May, 2026 by Raghu Nandakumara, Vice President of Industry Strategy, Illumio

Despite record spending on cybersecurity, the volume of successful breaches continues to rise.


Supply chains are growing faster than their security

16 April, 2026 by Kash Sharma, Managing Director ANZ, BlueVoyant

More third parties mean more entry points, more dependencies and more opportunities for adversaries to find the weakest link in the chain.


Why we need to redefine cybersecurity success to support CISOs

19 February, 2026 by Andrew Kay, APJ Director Systems Engineering, Illumio

When Notifiable Data Breaches statistics are released we should look at the nature of the breaches and how they were managed, rather than focus on the number of breaches.


Radware uncovers zero‍-‍click vulnerability in ChatGPT

24 September, 2025

ShadowLeak is a zero-click server‍-‍side vulnerability affecting the ChatGPT Deep Research agent.


Modern CISOs must throw out the traditional cybersecurity playbook

26 June, 2025 by Aaron Momin*

The primary imperative for today's CISOs should be to align the security agenda with business value.


The MediSecure breach thrusts the security spotlight back on service providers

27 August, 2024 by Scott Hesford, Director of Solutions Engineering Asia Pacific and Japan, BeyondTrust*

Organisations have been confronting security risks in their supply chains for years, but a new wave of attacks is encouraging threat actors to redouble their focus.


Study finds five markers of cyber maturity

26 June, 2024 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

A survey commissioned by Commvault has identified five key capabilities commonly shared by companies able to recover faster from cyber attacks.


Lack of customer confidence affecting security strategies: report

31 May, 2024

A survey from LogRhythm finds three-quarters of ANZ companies changed their security strategy having lost deals due to customers' lack of confidence.


Emergency onboarding: what to do before and after a data breach

09 May, 2024 by James Richmond, Regional Director ANZ, Akamai Technologies

Organisations that have an emergency onboarding plan are better positioned to have their business back up and running quickly in the event of a data breach.


Savvy directors are demanding more points of proof when cyber incidents occur

08 May, 2024 by Scott Mann, Incident Response Team Lead – APAC, Check Point Software Technologies

Pre-agreement on what a post-incident forensics effort should produce — and testing it out before use — is now 'table stakes' for incident response.


ISACA launches Digital Trust Ecosystem Framework

13 March, 2024

ISACA has launched what it says is a global first framework to help organisations achieve digital trustworthiness.


Aussie IT leaders unsure how to respond to data breaches

26 February, 2024 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

A report from KnowBe4 found that 71% of Australian IT decision-makers are unsure what steps they need to take following a data breach.


Data Privacy Day 2024: Commentary from Keir Garrett, Cloudera

25 January, 2024 by Keir Garrett, Regional Vice President, Australia & New Zealand, Cloudera

Keir Garrett of Cloudera comments on data security and consumer privacy in the wake of cyber attacks across the country.


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