Malicious cyber activity against Australia’s national and economic interests is increasing in frequency, scale, and sophistication. The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) during the period between July 2019 to 30 June 2020, responded to 2,266 cyber security incidents and received 59,806 cybercrime reports at an average of 164 cybercrime reports…
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Worldwide spending on AI is expected to double in four years, reaching US$110 billion in 2024, according to IDC. Global spending on artificial intelligence (AI) is forecast to double over the next four years, growing from US$50.1 billion in 2020 to more than US$110 billion in 2024. According to the…
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Robots can use machine vision to interact in their surroundings. Helen Fang, robotics and automation analyst at HSBC gave an insight into robots and how they can see more clearly than ever. These types of robots can help reshape factories worldwide and benefit industries ranging from electronics to pharmaceuticals, wrote…
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10 year strategy to ensure a secure online world for Australia. The Australian Department of Home Affairs will invest $1.67 billion over 10 years in its Australian Cyber Security Strategy 2020. The latest strategy was created to help “achieve” and create a more secure online world for Australians, their businesses,…
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5G growth will be great in APAC, but what does that mean for CIOs? Telecommunication operators in APAC plan to invest over US$400 billion on their networks between 2020 and 2025. Of this, US$331 billion will be spent on 5G deployments, according to the latest Asia Pacific edition of the…
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Less than half of Singapore businesses see cyber attack, compared to rest of the world. Singapore’s threat landscape appears to have plateaued while the rest of the world battles a growing plague of cyberattacks. For the first-time in three editions of VMware Carbon Black’s Singapore Threat Report, only 43 per…
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Korean Government reveals master plan to lead digital transition post COVID-19 The South Korean Government’s plans for post COVID-19 recovery includes two pillars – the Green New Deal and the Digital New Deal. The Government aims to lead digital transition with the Digital New Deal by investing 23.4 trillion KRW (government…
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BeyondTrust CTO/CISO says attack can happen to any organisation anywhere in the world. The hack on Twitter last week showed, all organisations were vulnerable to an attack, through social engineering and phishing. On the 15th of July social media giant Twitter reported, attackers targeted certain Twitter employees through a social…
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First solutions to be aimed at helping improve industrial quality, availability and performance. Verizon Business and IBM will collaborate to work together on 5G and edge computing innovation to help enable the future of Industry 4.0. The companies plan to combine the high speed and low latency of Verizon’s 5G…
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Projects shelved in politically sensitive countries. (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google said it has shut down its cloud project named “Isolated Region” and added that it was not weighing options to offer its cloud platform in China. Earlier in the day, Bloomberg News reported, citing two employees, that Google had…
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