Research shows companies in the region could miss out on US$145bn in GDP growth in the next decade. Up to three in five businesses in the Asia Pacific region have put off digitalisation plans out of fear of cyberattacks, according to the Deloitte Cyber Smart: Enabling APAC businesses report, commissioned by VMware. The…
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No longer a question of if a crisis will come…but when Recent reporting from all over the world has shown that cybersecurity fears are reaching individuals and organisations. For both groups, reputational risk is at an all-time high. Mark Forbes, author and former editor-in -chief of The Age in Melbourne,…
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MailGuard has intercepted a series of malicious emails faking COVID-19 financial relief. Cybersecurity company Mailguard has warned the public that emails with titles such as “See Covid19 relief payment that has been paid” or “BLOCKCHAIN: See Payment Approval for Covid19 Donation”, are likely from compromised email accounts. Some of these…
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Government launches contact tracing app to alert Australians of nearby COVID-19 infections The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) has thrown its support behind the Australian Government’s recent launch of a COVID-19 Tracing App to the public. Download of the App is voluntary and was designed to digitally alert Australians of…
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Service provider adds Nozomi to security portfolio IoT and OT security vendor Nozomi Networks has signed a managed security service provider (MSSP) partnership with Australian cyber security specialist Cyber Partners. The deal makes it easier for industrial infrastructure operators to get operational technology (OT) and IoT visibility and cybersecurity via…
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With chaos comes cyber criminals The education sector’s dramatic transformation in the way it now delivers its services to school students, during COVID-19 has raised concerns among IT security professionals. Michael Warnock, head of growth APAC at SecureAuth said the rapid move to online home-schooling has thrown the education system…
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Datacom sets out response to assure customers during pandemic IT service provider Datacom has laid out its core business continuity plans (BCP) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. While the Australian-based service provider doesn’t have any reported cases of staff with the virus, its BCP requires employees to work remotely.…
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KPMG has released a check list for CIOs and CISOs to ensure their organisations function in a COVID-19 world. Professional organisation KPMG believes concern over the scale and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has led organisations to consider their response and the actions they need to take now to maintain…
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Outsourcing security a growing trend Analyst firm IDC believes there’s a growing shift towards “outsourced security models as organisations look to unify their security posture”. In the recently released Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ) Security Services report by IDC, the analyst firm predicts security strategies involving outsourced security management are…
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