APRA conducts expansive cyber resilience study

Addressing increasing cyber threats in Australian financial services In the face of rising cybercrime rates and increasingly sophisticated criminal attacks, some of the world’s largest brands, including those in Australia, have fallen victim to major data breaches in recent years. Recognizing the need to strengthen cyber resilience in the financial…

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CISA bolsters cybersecurity division

Andrew Scott and David Carroll join to strengthen cyber defence efforts The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) continues its commitment to protecting the federal civilian government, State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial (SLTT) partners, and critical infrastructure from evolving cyber threats. Whether originating from the People’s Republic of China (PRC)…

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Top eight cybersecurity predictions for 2023-2024

These predictions are a signal flare for some of those things we see emerging Fifty percent of chief information security officers (CISOs) will adopt human centric design to reduce cybersecurity operational friction; large enterprises will focus on implementing zero-trust programs; and half of cybersecurity leaders will have unsuccessfully tried to…

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Australian Govt. ambitious regarding cyber security

Australia first in three of four assessment criteria – critical infrastructure, organisational capacity and, importantly, policy commitment. Australian Minister for Home Affairs Clare O’Neil delivered a speech on cybersecurity in Canberra on March 23, 2023. She began by honouring the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people of Canberra and acknowledging the Indigenous…

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WEF establishes a cyber resilience in oil and gas initiative

At Davos 2023, 20 global CEOs committed to working together to improve cyber resilience across the ecosystem. The impact. The oil and gas industry uses a range of complex systems and interconnected technologies to extract, transport and refine oil and gas products. While these technologies are necessary to support the delivery…

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Cybersecurity resilience emerges as a top priority

The leading types of incidents were network or data breaches Cybersecurity resilience is a top priority for companies as they look to defend against a rapidly evolving threat landscape, according to the latest edition of Cisco’s annual Security Outcomes Report launched today. Titled, Security Outcomes Report, Volume 3: Achieving Security Resilience,…

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Telstra sees stark reality of cyber threats

Telco details transformation and digitalisation at AGM The world is going through a period of upheaval, with changes in the geopolitical landscape, supply chain disruptions, and economic pressures such as inflation coming on top of the growing impacts of climate change, stated Vicki Brady, CEO of Telstra at the telco recent annual…

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Companies with compromised cybersecurity at risk of losing customers

The recent attack on Optus will have implications that we are yet to realise ISACA has released the results of its inaugural consumer cybersecurity research study, which shows that one in three consumer households in Australia have had their personal information stolen by cyber criminals, leading to a growing sense of hopelessness…

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