The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) as it sought to raise awareness and protection around the surging Emotet malware, which was fingered in the recent malware attacks on Victorian hospitals and nearly two dozen other Australian victims.
David Braue |
07 Nov |
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The inaugural Women in Security Conference & Awards provided a much-needed opportunity to “honour the women and young women who are kicking goals in what has traditionally been a really male-dominated industry,” Victorian member of the Victorian Legislative Council for the Eastern Victoria Region Jane Garrett said in opening the award proceedings this week.
David Braue |
06 Sep |
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A series of dynamic technical talks at the inaugural CSO Australia-AWSN Women in Security conference highlighted the innovative perspectives and problem-solving nous that women bring to cybersecurity roles.
David Braue |
04 Sep |
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Co-sponsored by CSO Australia and the Australian Women in Security Network (AWSN), the conference brought together more than 150 women and men for a day of sharing, learning, networking, and empowerment.
David Brake |
04 Sep |
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New EU law aims to raise cybersecurity standards across borders.
Liam Tung |
27 Jun |
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Businesses wanting to improve their security practice need to reconsider the way they position cybersecurity within their business philosophy, a security analyst has told an audience of security practitioners while warning that the persistence of “terrifying” images of cybersecurity practitioners had challenged the progression of cybersecurity into becoming a mainstream business concern.
David Braue |
05 Mar |
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While spending on cybersecurity expertise would seem to be a no-brainer, the large number of companies without formal inhouse expertise suggests another ongoing, underlying challenge in finding and securing those skills within the current competitive market.
By CSO staff |
22 Feb |
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Looking for new cybersecurity staff? They don’t’ necessarily need to have university degrees to be the best at what they do.
David Braue |
04 Sep |
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And, because of the magic of time differences and the international date line Australia was the first IDG Security Day event running. As it's the sumer solstice in the Northern hemisphere, it's also the longest day so it makes sense to fill it with as much infosec goodness as we possibly can.
Abigail Swabey |
23 Jun |
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Australian IT experts are struggling to secure increasingly complex networks and increasing compliance pressure isn’t providing enough incentive for change, a security expert has warned as looming breach-notification legislation threatens to publicly expose poor risk management practices and their consequences.
David Braue |
08 Jun |
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Any company operating a multi-storey office building would develop painstaking fire escape plans, and any hospital would develop backup plans detailing how it could operate in the event of a power failure. So, if responsible businesses are actively addressing these risks, why are so many companies still failing to lay down detailed plans for dealing with a cybersecurity incident?
David Braue |
08 Jun |
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Todd Peterson, from One Identity, delivered the second part of the AusCERT 2017 opening keynote. One Identity may sound like a new business but it’s an offshoot from Dell EMC and Quest Software.
Anthony Caruana |
30 May |
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Web sites that updated to 3.7 are vulnerable to an easily exploited critical SQL injection flaw.
Liam Tung |
18 May |
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As the introduction of Australia’s mandatory Notifiable Data Breaches (NDB) legislation looms ever larger, many companies are limiting their ability to comply with the new rules by erroneously reassigning data-security budget to conventional governance, risk and compliance (GRC) activities.
David Braue |
17 May |
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Cybercriminals are collaborating to refine their attacks and businesses must do the same by leveraging a growing body of open-source security tools, a security expert has advised as open-source machine learning puts the technology into the mainstream.
David Braue |
22 Dec |
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A recent high-profile win for Australian security stalwart MailGuard – which was last month designated as a ‘critical’ security partner by Microsoft – is the kind of recognition that Australia’s burgeoning community of innovative startups deserve to see more of, the head of the country’s new cybersecurity commercialisation arm has said as he gears up to hit the ground running.
David Braue |
06 Dec |
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The Australian Information Security Association (AISA) Awards is a prestigious annual event that recognises extraordinary information security professionals that have promoted excellence and innovation in the field. One of the unique things about this year’s AISA Awards is that, for the first time, the Diversity category was included. This highlights the importance and impact of diversity in the field, recognising the continuous efforts of the driven men and women making a difference in this space. Let’s meet some of the amazing nominees for this year:
AWSN |
04 Nov |
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Blockchain distributed-ledger technology is opening up new frontiers for financial services and other companies, but security specialists are pushing for early action on both blockchain and related account-management technologies to avoid the punishing security breaches being seen due to Internet of Things (IoT) shortcomings.
David Braue |
25 Oct |
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Security experts have backed claims that flaws in heart implants made by St Jude Medical can be used to deliver electric shocks.
Liam Tung |
25 Oct |
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With about five billion IoT devices connected today, with growth expected to reach 25 to 38 billion over the next five years it's clear something needs to be done to arrest the threat of billions of devices being recruited for nefarious purposes.
Anthony Caruana |
25 Oct |
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