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Businesses overestimate supply chain cyber defence readiness, study finds

Business Continuity

A study reveals businesses overrate their readiness against supply chain cyber threats, with 92% trusting suppliers yet 34% lacking thorough risk checks.

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Atlas browser sparks debate on AI’s role in search & security

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Overconfidence threatens supply chain cyber security resilience

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Security sector faces tech lag & workforce pressure, report finds

enterprise security

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Versa & Microsoft enhance SASE with automated SD-WAN integration

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Users spending up to $850 yearly on redundant and fragmented security apps

Recent news

Small business office employees patching computer servers amid ai threats

Small businesses faster at fixing cyber flaws as AI risk grows

BlueVoyant's warning after Qantas and Mango cyber attacks

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AC3 achieves PROTECTED IRAP status for Managed Cloud platform

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AI browsers like ChatGPT Atlas raise new privacy & security fears

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AI sidebar spoofing attack exploits trust in browser extensions

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Ransomware groups surge as automation cuts attack time to 18 mins

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Queensland hackathon tackles rising cybercrime with new talent push

education, learning & training

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Tech Data & Horizon3.ai partner to boost APJ cyber resilience

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Trellix partners with Macquarie to boost Australian public sector cybersecurity

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RecordPoint acquires Redactive to boost AI data security focus

Expert columns

Extortion and ransomware drive over half of cyberattacks

By Amy Hogan-Burney, CVP, Customer Security & Trust, Microsoft

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Navigating hybrid cloud security in the AI era as regulations tighten

By David Land, Vice President for Asia Pacific and Japan, Gigamon

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How ransomware economics drives the global cybercrime industry

By Craig Searle, Director, Consulting & Professional Services (Asia & Pacific), Trustwave

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From data silos to diagnostic impact: SA Pathology’s road to connected care

By Marvin Malcolm, Lead Architect, Telstra Health

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Confronting the dark side of GenAI: Recommendations for business leaders, CISOs and security teams

By Adam Khan, VP, Global Security Operations, Barracuda

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Why better data management is the key to exceptional customer experience

By Andy Milburn, Datadobi

Why quantum threats demand our attention this Cybersecurity Month

By Julian Fay, CTO and Co-founder, Senetas

Knowledge Graphs and the rise of Agentic AI

By Peter Philipp, General Manager – ANZ, Neo4j

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Server vs cloud: What every insurance broker needs to know about their technology choice

By Peter Waring, CTO, JAVLN

Preparing for tomorrow’s threats today: 3 human-centric cybersecurity trends every CIO needs to know

By Rory Reynolds, Head of Information Security, Experteq

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October Patch Tuesday reveals 172 Vulnerabilities

By Adam Barnett, Lead Software Engineer, Rapid7

Why more businesses are choosing cloud-based security solutions

By Will MacDonald, Director of Product Management, Avigilon at Motorola Solutions

Job moves

Zara Cobb named Chief Marketing Officer at Compare Club

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IBM Consulting appoints new leaders for industrial division in Australia

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Cloudwerx appoints Brendan Connolly to lead agentic AI division

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Rapid7 appoints Soumi Mukherjee as ANZ Sales Director to boost growth

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DroneShield appoints Angus Harris as CTO and Angus Bean as CPO

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Gallagher boosts NSW & ACT team with three strategic hires

customer service

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Orcaworks appoints Dr. Abhinav Somaraju as Chief AI Officer

Outpost24 appoints Liz Drysdale as Chief Marketing Officer

New Relic appoints Simon Rizkalla to drive APAC observability push

JAVLN names new senior leaders to drive AI & ANZ expansion

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Phosphorus names Brett Raphael Chief Revenue Officer amid growth

Outpost24 names Martin Roth Chief Technology Officer to lead tech push

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