Security

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.


Navigating new and existing waters of cybersecurity for critical infrastructure

23 January, 2024 by Colin Garro, ANZ Country Manager, Forescout | Supplied by: Forescout Technologies, Inc.

Last year's nationwide outage from Optus caused the government to reconsider its stance on telecommunication providers not being classified as critical infrastructure.


Bad business: the rise of the cybercriminal enterprise

23 January, 2024 by Mark Thomas, Director, Security Services – ANZ at Arctic Wolf | Supplied by: Arctic Wolf

Cybercrime has become a new entrepreneurial playground.


Mimecast buys Elevate Security to manage human risk

16 January, 2024 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Mimecast has arranged to acquire Elevate Security as part of its commitment to helping customers manage human risk.


Cybercrooks targeting enterprise genAI use

15 January, 2024 by Dylan Bushell-Embling | Supplied by: Netskope

The rapid growth in adoption of generative AI apps has made them an attractive target for criminal and nation-state cyber threat actors, according to Netskope.


Proofpoint completes acquisition of Tessian

08 January, 2024 by Dylan Bushell-Embling | Supplied by: Proofpoint Inc.

Proofpoint expects its acquisition of Tessian to allow the company to help organisations better safeguard themselves against the human layer of cyber risks.


Multi-factor authentication has multifaceted problems

20 December, 2023 by Steve Singer, Senior Regional Vice President, Country Manager – Australia & New Zealand, Zscaler | Supplied by: Zscaler Australia Pty Ltd

Recent developments in cyber attacks have exposed vulnerabilities in MFA, prompting the need for a more comprehensive approach to identity verification.


How businesses can tackle AI-powered deep fake attacks

15 December, 2023 by Mick McCluney, Technical Director at Trend Micro, ANZ | Supplied by: Trend Micro Australia Pty Ltd

AI voice cloning tools and ChatGPT are being used to aid cybercrime and extortion scams.


2024 cybersecurity predictions: the effect of GenAI

12 December, 2023 by Chris Fisher, Director of Security Engineering, Vectra Australia | Supplied by: Vectra AI

GenAI just might be a 'search engine on steroids', but is it enough to reduce attacks?


ISACA releases guidance on physical penetration testing

06 December, 2023 | Supplied by: ISACA

Strategies for physical penetration testing are outlined in a new ISACA resource.


Navigating the crossroads of cybersecurity and mental health

04 December, 2023 by Garrett O'Hara, Principal Technical Consultant, Mimecast ANZ | Supplied by: Mimecast

The need for mental health support within the cybersecurity profession has been evident for quite some time.


Cyber attacks flare up alongside Israel–Hamas conflict

01 December, 2023 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Many cybercrime groups are picking a side in the latest conflict between Israel and Hamas, leading to an increase in threat activity such as DDoS attacks.


Half of Australians hit by data breach in past 12 months

30 November, 2023 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

New research from Porter Novelli Australia and Quantum Market Research suggests that nearly half of Australians have been hit by a data breach in the past year.


A/NZ critical infrastructure industry to see big security uplift

28 November, 2023 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Experts from Nozomi Networks expect a significant security uplift for critical infrastructure industries across Australia and New Zealand in 2024.


Cybersecurity can be a source of competitive advantage for Australia

27 November, 2023 by Leon Poggioli*, Regional Director, Australia & New Zealand, Claroty

Collaborating with industry stakeholders to devise a ransomware reporting obligation is a key facet of the government's latest cyber strategy.


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