Rick Vanover, Senior Director of Product Strategy, and Anthony Spiteri, Senior Global Technologist, of Veeam, tell us with the right preparation, governments can build resiliency against ransomware attacks to avoid data loss, financial loss and reputation damage. Over the next 10 years, the Australian Government’s Cybersecurity Strategy 2020 will invest A$1.67 billion to achieve its […]

Closing the cyber skills gap has long been a challenge within the cybersecurity sector, with professionals attempting innovative ways to appeal to potential employees. Sascha Giese, Head Geek at SolarWinds, discusses how the government can recruit effectively to close its cybersecurity skills gap, especially as the pandemic has put government cybersecurity professionals under immense pressure to secure […]

Rubrik is protecting Redland City Council in Queensland from ‘unprecedented’ levels of phishing and ransomware attacks. With data protection and backups now automated, a culture of data-driven decision making has been nurtured throughout the organization. Rubrik, the Cloud Data Management company, has supported Redland City Council to deliver on a data-driven strategy designed to gain […]

The Australian Government needs to consider the specific OT, ICS and IoT cybersecurity concerns in its protection of critical infrastructure plan, explains Diego Betancur, Lead Technical Sales Engineer, APAC for operational technology and IoT security company, Nozomi Networks. He responds to a detailed consultation paper from The Department of Home Affairs. As the Australian Government […]

Rubrik, a cloud data management company, has revealed almost one-in-three (29%) Australian and New Zealand organizations which fell victim to ransomware attacks in the past two years had paid off the criminal groups responsible to regain access to their data. This insight emerged from IDC’s A/NZ Ransomware Survey, August 2020, commissioned by Rubrik. This finding […]

BIO-key International, a provider of identity and access management (IAM) solutions powered by biometrics, has announced that the US General Services Agency (GSA), which provides centralized procurement for the federal government, has selected BIO-key’s PortalGuard IAM solution. This is to deliver flexible, secure and compliant two-factor authentication for a public facing central communication application. The […]

Zscaler, a leader in cloud security, has announced that it is the first cloud security and zero trust vendor to successfully complete an Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) Assessment.  Zscaler’s IRAP Assessment signifies that the cloud platform, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, and Zscaler solutions have been independently validated as being significantly compliant in support of […]

Nyotron, a company which offers a true Zero Trust security platform, for endpoints and servers, that blocks attacks in real-time without any need for threat detection or learning, has announced that Columbia Heights, Minnesota, has chosen Nyotron’s PARANOID Endpoint Prevention and Response (EPR) solution to protect the city’s endpoints. Local governments are often the target of cyberattacks due to a […]

Telstra, in conjunction with the Australian Cybersecurity Center (ACSC) and Services Australia, is boosting Australia’s cyber-resilience through the launch of a new security measure to block malicious text messages from reaching Telstra customers. The new pilot program will identify and reject illegitimate phishing text messages that are impersonating myGov and Centerlink before they reach Telstra […]

FireEye, an intelligence-led security company, has announced that it is working with the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) through Carahsoft’s DIR contract DIR-TSO-4288 and DIR’s Bulk Purchase Agreement #BP2020-028 to offer cybersecurity defenses to Texas public sector agencies. While ransomware victims span nearly every geographical region and industry, attacks on state and local municipalities […]