The past 12 months was dominated by ransomware, online scams, and COVID-19-related phishing activities The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) released its Singapore Cyber Landscape (SCL) 2020 publication today, revealing an increase in cyber threats such as ransomware and online scams in 2020. CSA’s SingCERT (Singapore Computer Emergency Response…
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State budget sees millions being spent and cyber security. The South Australian Government plans to further investments in its technology sector, as well as cyber security. The State Budget 2021-22 includes investments in an Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Health Hub, to be delivered through an A$1.6 million investment over four…
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Cybersecurity teams around the world were challenged to enhance their security posture overnight. There’s no question that 2020 was a challenging year. The pandemic placed an enormous strain on the global economy, and cyber criminals took advantage of that and accelerated their nefarious activities. Cybersecurity teams around the world were…
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Recent cybersecurity incidents such as SolarWinds and the Colonial Pipeline were a “sobering”. The recent cybersecurity attacks on US government and private enterprises have caused the government to overhaul its cybersecurity strategy, with President Biden signed an Executive Order to improve the nation’s cybersecurity and protect federal government networks. Recent…
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Globally cyber policies require a revamp to be more in line with the new work environment. Cybersecurity control failures was listed as the top emerging risk in the first quarter of 2021 in a global poll of senior executives across function and geography, according to Gartner’s Emerging Risks Monitor Report.…
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Believes there’s a need to mitigate the cybersecurity risks of space applications. Building a successful cyber security system is important for Singapore’s government, private business and non-profit organisations. However, ensuring cybersecurity in space will be the next step for the country. According to David Koh chief executive at the Cyber…
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Changes to remote working practices made during lockdown adversely affected their cybersecurity. Mobile device and cloud-based apps have become ubiquitous due to individuals and organisations battling to maintain productivity, best practices for security have not kept pace with IT teams still treating mobile security separately to overall enterprise security practices,…
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Australian petroleum company solves its needle in a haystack problem. Ampol has now completely transformed the experience for all its users by creating a central cloud-based SharePoint repository of all the information that every employee might need. It’s searchable and applies context according to who is searching for information and…
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Sponsored content: Wednesday, 17th March 2021 – ANZ On Dec 11, 2020, the SolarWinds Orion security breach, a.k.a. SUNBURST, impacted numerous U.S. government agencies, business customers and consulting firms. Hackers managed to plant a backdoor in the SolarWinds system which is widely used across both Government and Private organisations. The…
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Not even a month into the new year and cybersecurity issues have hit many notable organisations. APAC organisations suffered seven or more attacks infiltrating their networks or systems over the past year, and the majority (81 per cent) suffered one or more attacks. Over two thirds (76 per cent) of…
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