The ninth annual Information Security Maturity report, published by ClubCISO in collaboration with Telstra Purple, finds organisational security has significantly improved over the last year, following positive shifts in organisational influence by CISOs and changing attitudes towards security culture. Informed by a survey of more than 100 information security leaders from both private and public organisations around the […]

Kevin Curran, IEEE Senior Member and Professor of Cybersecurity at Ulster University, discusses the stark figures associated with cyberattacks as of late and why it is therefore essential for organisations to address potential risks before implementing processes such as BYOD. Undoubtedly, the past two years have resulted in a colossal number of enterprises adopting an […]

Travis Spencer, CEO of Curity, takes an in-depth look at how Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) bolsters the security of a single password and the protections MFA provides to secure businesses. It’s been over a year since the infamous Colonial Pipeline attack took place. Due to this ransomware hack having such dire consequences, such as fuel shortages, […]

Research from Cohesity reveals while most IT and security operations decision-makers believe they should share responsibility for data security, ineffective collaboration between the two teams is not addressing growing cyberthreats. Research from Cohesity reveals while most IT and security operations decision-makers believe they should share responsibility for data security, ineffective collaboration between the two teams […]

The 2022 Thales Cloud Security Report reveals that 45% of businesses have experienced a cloud-based data breach or failed audit in the past 12 months, up 5% from the previous year, raising greater concerns regarding protecting sensitive data from cybercriminals. Globally, cloud adoption and notably multi-cloud adoption, remains on the rise. In 2021, organizations worldwide […]

Dominic Trott, UK Product Manager, Orange Cyberdefense, tells us why maintaining a good understanding of your security posture is paramount, as well as the factors which contribute to a defence-in-depth approach to cybersecurity – an approach he refers to as one that offers ‘the most effective protection against cyberattacks’. The history books will no doubt […]

New research from Fastly shows over half of businesses struggle to reduce the risk of attacks, leaving them fearful of compromise, particularly by nation-states and other types of threat actors. Fastly, a global edge cloud platform provider, has released new research in partnership with Ecosystm that shows 75% of Australian businesses are now living with […]

Sydney-based Ian Farquhar, Field CTO, Gigamon, tells us how in a world where the workforce has shifted significantly to a ‘work anywhere, work anytime’ model, embracing Zero Trust makes sense. Zero Trust has become a well-recognized framework in the cybersecurity world. SecOps teams are championing this ‘trust no-one’ strategy to support the fight against the […]

Following the publication of Veeam’s 2022 Ransomware Trends Report, Danny Allan, CTO at Veeam, tells us that paying cybercriminals to restore data is not a data protection or recovery strategy. Businesses are losing the battle when it comes to defending against ransomware attacks, according to the Veeam 2022 Ransomware Trends Report. This revealed that 72% […]