Australia’s second ever cyberwar games took place in Sydney last month. Codenamed “Operation Shell Breaker”, Government representatives from Human Services, the Australian Tax Office and Home Affairs came together with corporate representatives from the banking, telco and energy sectors to take turns to attack and defend critical infrastructure networks on a Lego smart city.
Sam Ghebranious | 26 Nov | Read more
Throughout the world, from Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology to Bangladesh Bank and SWIFT, organisations continue to fall victim to devastating cyber attacks.
Sam Ghebranious | 26 May | Read more
The recent cyber attack on Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has raised fresh concerns about the ability of government departments to withstand sophisticated cyber attacks.
Sam Ghebranious | 16 Dec | Read more
Security breaches are a fact of business life. Nine in ten organisations* admit to having experienced breaches at least once within the space of a year and more than half say they have been exposed to two or more breaches in that time.
Sam Ghebranious | 25 Sep | Read more
Almost every organisation encounters situations where there is a need to provide third parties with access to the enterprise network. These external users include hardware or software vendors that deliver remote service and maintenance. Supply chain vendors may seek network access to fulfil orders or monitor inventory. Web services companies need access to build and maintain the company website. The list of people who want to stay close is big and growing.
Sam Ghebranious | 27 Aug | Read more
News about the infiltration of Kaspersky’s network highlights the fact that these days, no-one and no company is out of bounds. For hackers and other attackers even security companies are fair game.
Sam Ghebranious | 31 Jul | Read more