Tesserent CEO Kurt Hansen says Australia can be ‘the most cyber secure country in the world by 2024.’ Hansen’s claim came as Tesserent – Australia’s largest ASX listed cybersecurity company – welcomed the Australian government’s creation of a National Office for Cybersecurity – with a role for a Co-ordinator for Cybersecurity – within the Department […]
BAE Systems Digital Intelligence is partnering with the Home Office to develop data analysis technology that will help protect the UK’s border and simplify processes for traders and travellers. The three-year contract, worth £38 million, will enable Border Force and related agencies to manage, in real-time, the vast amounts of data relating to the 300 million […]
Thales, a global technology leader, and Schiebel, an aviation and aerospace component manufacturer, have been awarded a contract by the UK Ministry of Defence to deliver a game-changing rotary wing Uncrewed Air System (UAS) to provide a protective ‘eye in the sky’ capability for Royal Navy warships. The contract for the Peregrine system will see a rotary-powered UAS, […]
The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) has discovered how technologies can support personal data sharing in practice, while global law firm, DLA Piper, focuses on how European businesses must pay closer attention to GDPR legislation. The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA), recently published its report on how cybersecurity technologies and techniques can support the implementation […]
The Royal Mail is experiencing severe service disruption to its international export services following a cyber incident. The organisation released a statement about the issue: ‘We are temporarily unable to despatch export items including letters and parcels to overseas destinations. We have asked customers temporarily to stop submitting any export items into the network […]
It has been reported that it could soon be illegal for companies that fall victim to data breaches to pay ransoms to the hackers. The home affairs minister for the Australian Government, Clare O’Neil, confirmed that the organisation was examining whether new laws were needed to stop ransom payments in the wake of the Medibank and Optus […]
Recent data commissioned by Lookout supports the fact that mobile phishing attacks are on the rise. We explore the findings in further detail, particularly focusing on the impact this is having on federal, state and local governments in the US. Steve Banda, Senior Manager, Security Solutions at Lookout, offers his expert opinion and advice on what CISOs […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), in partnership with the US Department of State and the Spanish Ministry of the Interior, have announced a joint project to develop a capacity-building tool to help countries utilise public-private partnerships (PPPs) to combat ransomware. This project was developed as part of the Second International Counter Ransomware Initiative […]
Lookout, an endpoint to cloud security company, has released its 2022 Government Threat Report which examines the most prominent mobile threats affecting federal, state and local governments in the United States. Lookout data reveals mobile phishing and device vulnerability risk within US government agencies has increased since 2021. According to a Lookout analysis of data […]
Cybersecurity experts have issued a fresh warning over the threat of supply chain attacks following a rise in the number of incidents. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) – a part of GCHQ – has published new guidance to help organisations effectively assess and gain confidence in the cybersecurity of their supply chains. It follows a […]
