Australian IT and security consultancy creates integrated offering to help customers protect against cyberthreats and data breaches. Solista, an award-winning Australian cloud transformation and security consultancy, has announced the formation of the Zero Trust Alliance, an integrated security offering combining best-of-breed technologies from market-leading security vendors, CrowdStrike, Netskope, Okta, Illumio, CyberArk and Mimecast. Digital business […]

INTERPOL Secretary General, Jürgen Stock, has called for police agencies worldwide to form a global coalition with industry partners to prevent a potential ransomware pandemic. Speaking at the INTERPOL High-Level Forum on Ransomware (July 12), Secretary General Stock said that while some solutions existed nationally or bi-laterally, effectively preventing and disrupting ransomware meant adopting the […]

To thrive in the digital era, businesses must not only invest in transforming their infrastructures – they must also constantly look at ways to optimise, become more agile and extract maximum value.​ Adele Trombetta, Vice President of Customer Experience at Cisco Middle East and Africa and Technology Transformation Group for Europe, the Middle East, Africa […]

Darktrace, a leading cybersecurity AI company, has announced that it has launched an internship programme in partnership with the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre’s (NCSC) CyberFirst initiative. CyberFirst encourages young people from all walks of life to start careers in cybersecurity, giving university students the opportunity to work with key players in the industry. The […]

The ‘Readiness Survey by FIS’ explores how capital market firms in Australia are transforming their technology and operations to compete in the future. Remote-working models are giving rise to new risk challenges for capital market firms in Australia, while regulators are shifting their attention to areas such as surveillance and fraud. Even as firms start […]

KnowBe4 Research reveals the results of a survey that found that nearly a quarter of employees are unsure whether the information they are working with is confidential or not. A new survey carried out by KnowBe4 Research shows that nearly a quarter of employees are unsure whether the information they are working with is confidential […]

Michael McKinnon, CIO at Tesserent, is warning the construction sector in Australia that it is highly vulnerable to cyberattack. The Australian Cybersecurity Center (ACSC) has issued a high alert for construction companies in Australia. The ACSC has reported there has been an increase in cybercriminals targeting builders and construction companies to conduct business email compromise […]

Darktrace, a leading autonomous cybersecurity AI company, has reported that its Canadian customer base has grown substantially over the last year, as organizations across the country seek to protect themselves from increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks. Significant customer wins in Canada include global retailer Herschel Supply, leading Quebec-based brokerage firm Lussier Dale Parizeau (LDP), the City of […]

Netskope, a SASE leader, has announced it has attained the United Kingdom Government’s National Cybersecurity Centre (NCSC) core ‘Cyber Essentials’ certification. The NCSC was created in 2016 to support the most critical organisations in the UK; the public sector, industry, SMEs as well as the general public. When incidents occur, the NCSC provides effective incident […]

IT company Kaseya has been hit by a major ransomware attack and is working to resolve its aftermath. It is working with FireEye Mandiant to resolve the incident and to assess the manner and impact of the attack and identify and mitigate the vulnerability. A statement from the company said: “Kaseya’s VSA product has unfortunately been the victim of […]