Maxis is calling on organisations in Malaysia to rethink and reevaluate their digital transformation strategies. Launching its Retransformation campaign the Malaysian service provider believes the call for action was reinforced by the findings of a survey commissioned by Maxis, the IDC-Maxis Digital Technology Assessment 2020. The findings of this survey…
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Australian State Government confirms cyber attack on staff email, affecting New South Wales residents. The Australia state of New South Wales, has confirmed its agency, Service NSW is in the final stages of analysis into the cyber-attack earlier this year on 47 staff email accounts and is now working to…
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Full details of initiative to establish global standards on data security by the CCP. Despite global condemnation of Hong Kong’s new National Security Law, to shake up digital surveillance in the city, the Chinese Communist Party plans to pursue global data security initiatives. State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi…
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Managed security services are predicted to have the strongest growth across security-related services in Australia and New Zealand. Although COVID-19 has thrown major disruptions into the security landscape, IDC forecasts steady growth in A/NZ security services, with managed security services, threat detection and response services, and data security and privacy…
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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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OGCIO encourages more public and private organisations to take part in the cross-sector sharing of cyber security information. The Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) has formalised the Partnership Programme for Cyber Security Information Sharing, also known as Cybersec Infohub, from September. The OGCIO will partner with the…
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ACCC issues warning over rise in fake Australian Government impersonation. Australians are being urged to watch out for government impersonation scams with over AU$1.26 million lost from more than 7100 reports made to Scamwatch so far this year and in reality, losses are likely to be far greater. There has…
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Ramping up an accelerated Cyber Resilience Program, after attack in May. Transportation and logistics company, Toll is looking to recruit a global head of IT security operations. The recruitment is one of the first steps the company is taking to accelerate cyber security at the company, following an attack in…
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Tremendous opportunity to support growth in the region. Cybersecurity vendor SentinelOne, has appointed Evan Davidson as its vice president, Asia Pacific/Japan. Davidson’s long-established success in driving international market growth supports SentinelOne’s vision of global expansion for the cybersecurity company. Mark Parrinello SVP worldwide sales at SentinelOne said, the “AP/J theatre”…
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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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