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SolarWinds announces updates to web performance monitoring products

With the improved functionalities, technology professionals managing every type of environment can monitor website availability and performance.More

Today

Yubico launches lightning-compatible security key

Today, the YubiKey 5Ci can be used to secure the 1Password, Bitwarden, Dashlane, Idaptive, LastPass, and Okta iOS mobile applications.More

Today

OutSystems gains new certifications for cloud security compliance

These certifications demonstrate the level of commitment OutSystems has to ensuring the privacy and protection of its customers’ data in the cloud.More

Yesterday

HCL - the Indian IT outsourcer with a growing A/NZ presence

We look at the local role of the massive corporation in ANZ IT departments.More

DDoS attacks on the rise despite taking a summer break

How you can leverage cloud’s advantages while staying secure

Microsoft and CyberArk lead GlobalData identity management theme

Whitepaper: Managing cyber risks inherent in digital strategy

Keysight solution helps prevent cyber-attacks on connected vehicles

430,000 people hit with financial malware

Cohesity launches new vulnerability scan using backup data

The application works by scanning backup copies on to identify any vulnerabilities across an organisation’s IT environment.More

Slack tackles balance between productivity and security

The new features include more options to protect data without interrupting employees’ requirements to get work done.More

ForgeRock launches open-source IoT edge controller solution

The IoT Edge Controller runs on smart edge devices, and provides the privacy, integrity and security required for devices to register as identities.More

Broadcom set to own Symantec’s enterprise security business for $10.7B

"M&A has played a central role in Broadcom's growth strategy and this transaction represents the next logical step in our strategy following our acquisitions of Brocade and CA Technologies," says Broadcom CEOMore

Cyber defence techniques in fighting advanced persistent threats

Today’s cybersecurity compliance standards are only designed to protect against elementary threats.More

Ping Identity launches private cloud identity solution

Enterprises need a dependable way for customers, employees and partners to conveniently sign-on to their services and applications.More

Security defensive blue teams failing to catch offensive red teams - Exabeam

35% of respondents claim that the blue team never or rarely catches the red team, while 62% say they are caught occasionally or often. More

Cybersecurity is a growth accelerator, not a handbrake - experts

Cybersecurity is a growth accelerator not a handbrake on business – that’s one of the key messages from a group of security experts who gathered in Sydney to discuss the state of cybersecurity in Australian businesses.More

Whitepaper: Breaking down cloud migration’s critical components

Addressing aging infrastructure and delivering cost savings across current IT environments ranked are the two leading objectives for cloud migration.More

F5 Networks' BIG-IP load balancer product vulnerable to attack

Organisations that use F5 Networks BIG-IP load balancer should immediately check their configurations to ensure they are protected from potentially serious security issues.More

How crucial is cloud expertise to your organisation?

The study surveys more than 950 IT decision-makers and IT pros from across the globe to better understand the barriers to increasing cloud usage.More

Cybersecurity companies bring advanced encryption and quantum tech to Aus

“This is an outstanding example of world leading Australian cyber security research and development being commercialised to our domestic market and demonstrating its importance to export markets.”More

Oracle to launch Gen 2 Cloud region in Sydney

Oracle’s Generation 2 Cloud is getting ever closer to its launch day in Australia, as its new Sydney region prepares to go live by the end of August.More

Gartner, Forrester name Retarus for Email Security

The information logistics firm was listed as one of the twelve most important providers of email security services in the world by Forrester Research.More

Jamf extends Apple expertise through security firm buyout

IT and Apple specialist firm Jamf has acquired Mac-focused endpoint security provider Digita Security.More

Unsecured WiFi leaving schools vulnerable to attack

While the internet has transformed the learning process in schools, it’s also given rise to new dangerous online threats.More

The fascinating way Microsoft is making a social impact

Microsoft is upending how tech companies approach the not-for-profit, NGO and charity sector with a revolutionary new approachMore

Kaspersky opens first Transparency Center in APAC

The company’s third code review facility will be located in Malaysia’s Cyberjaya, alongside key cyber-related government agencies and companies in the country.More

Check Point: Attackers executing commands remotely with latest malware

Threat actors are quick to try and exploit new vulnerabilities when they emerge, before organisations have had the chance to patch them.More

Popular enterprise printers riddled with security risks

Researchers from NCC Group analysed different aspects of six mid-range enterprise printers manufactured by HP, Ricoh, Xerox, Lexmark, Kyocera, and Brother. More

BitSight announces enterprise analytics to help security leaders manage risk

The solution provides visibility into which groups have the biggest impact on their organisations' overall cyber risk posture and helps identify areas for security performance improvement.More

Why healthcare organisations must examine their network visibility - ExtraHop

Hackers and cyber criminals place a high value on the patient data healthcare providers have in their records.More

Security teams spend 25% of their time chasing false positives

The report also showed that teams were also concerned about investigating actionable intelligence and building incident timelines as well as cleaning, fixing and/or patching networks. More

Vulnerabilities in cloud containers soar, report finds

“Cloud technology and adoption has obviously skyrocketed, so it’s no surprise that vulnerabilities within cloud technology will increase."More

Understanding VMware in just 4 minutes

We look at the companies history and key technology solutions.More

Cylance report looks into questionable pentesting practices

The report demonstrates how the line distinguishing pentesting exercises from actual threat actor behaviour has thinned.More

CIOs – here’s how you get your IT environment digital-ready

It’s no simple task to optimise performance for an array of internal and external applications, particularly when there’s a mixture of cloud and legacy workloads that intersect.More

Report: Fortinet releases latest analysis of the cyberthreat landscape

Learn about the latest cyber-threat trends from the newest release of the Fortinet Threat Landscape Report, including remote desktop protocol vulnerabilities and why cybersecurity automation is part of a comprehensive cyber hygiene practice. Download it for FREE.More

Genetec shows impressive growth, says IHS Markit

IHS has named Genetec one of the fastest-growing access control software manufacturers in the world, according to the latest IHS Report.More

ESET: Ignoring human element in cyber safety a mistake

"We believe that when employees are aware of their potential blindspots, they are naturally more invested and better prepared to be wary of things that may not seem quite right."More

Rackspace: Bridging on-premise and cloud workloads

The VMware Cloud on AWS solution is crafted through deep integration of VMware virtualisation and cloud management tools with the AWS cloud platform.More

67b emails rejected due to 'highly malicious attack techniques'

Out of 160 billion emails analysed, 42% were rejected.More

Rubrik enters data governance and disaster recovery orchestration market

Sonar addresses the intensifying risk of data privacy breaches and compliance penalties by applying machine learning to discover sensitive data.More

Mobile Mentor solution lets you manage Windows 10 like a smartphone

The solution gives IT managers the ability to holistically manage all endpoints to improve security and employee experience.More

New research highlights third party risks facing organisations

modern risk management must account for ongoing changes in third-party relationships and mitigate risks in an iterative way — that is, on a continual basis, rather than at specified intervals."More

Fortinet integrates security fabric with Alibaba Cloud

The combination of technologies will provide extended security visibility and control from the data center to the cloud.More

Nintex bolstered by independent security report

Nintex Workflow Cloud’s security controls are up to scratch, with not one single instance where a security control wasn’t working, or not in place.More

New report considers consumer rights around personal data

“While all companies were compliant with the data access procedures required under the Privacy Act, we found that many companies failed to provide all the user data they were collecting.”More

Thales launches new Gemalto Digital ID wallet

Digital ID wallet is designed to only share with third parties information that the citizen is willing to share.More

Limiting access key to minimising data breaches, says expert

"When a company provides only a minimum amount of access needed for the employees to fulfil their roles, the risk of wide-spread breach greatly diminishes."More

Attackers upping the ante on evasion and anti-analysis - Fortinet

Cyber-adversaries are becoming more sophisticated in their obfuscation and anti-analysis practices to avoid detection.More

SentinelOne launches next-gen server protection offering

SentinelOne has released a new next-generation server and protection offering, which is purpose-built for containers.More

Banking malware grows 50% while cryptominers decline – Check Point

The report’s findings are based on data drawn from Check Point’s between January and June 2019, highlighting the key tactics cyber-criminals are using to attack businesses.More

Business ransomware detections spiking - Malwarebytes

Ransomware attackers are targeting large, ill-prepared public and private organisations with easy-to-exploit vulnerabilities.More

Venafi announces guarantee for no certificate-related outages

Eliminating certificate-related outages within complex, multi-tiered architectures can feel like an impossible effort.More