Going beyond malware; the rise of 'living off the land' attacks
If you’re living off the land, there are a few different methods you can use to survive, but you need to use what you find where you are
Mark Goudie | 30 Apr | Read more
Data Priacy — Opinions
Crowdsourcing cybersecurity: Why inviting hackers to have a crack at your security can make sense for your enterprise
Crowdsourcing, which involves the seeking of input or support for a venture from a large number of people via the internet, has become an unremarkable practice in recent times.
Don’t become addicted to cybersecurity gambling
Winning a bet is one of life’s little pleasures. People make bets all the time. Many people even like to place wagers on the outcome of those bets. The trouble is gambling can become an addiction.
Andrew Huntley, Barracuda | 29 Apr | Read more
The “Glitch” - Is It Really the Culprit Behind IT Outages?
When things go wrong, responsible people step up to the plate and take – responsibility.
Iris Zarecki, Continuity Software | 17 Apr | Read more
Five types of employees that are putting your business at risk
When one thinks of a breach, there’s a cliché image of a mysterious hacker wearing a hooded sweatshirt trying to infiltrate a company’s online defences.
Rob Le Busque, Verizon Enterprise Solutions | 17 Apr | Read more
Why cybersecurity needs its own digital transformation
Today’s cybersecurity professionals find themselves engaged in asymmetric warfare – and often on the losing end.
Brad Engstrom, VMware | 17 Apr | Read more
The Business of Organised Cybercrime
Cybercrime is a term that is thrown around a lot. For mainstream media the term can encompass everything from cyber warfare right the way through to the stereotypical loner, hacking from the dimly lit confines of their parents’ basement.
David Warburton | 16 Apr | Read more
Is your business under threat from a “shadow cloud”?
Most IT leaders will remember the days of “shadow IT” without much joy. As employees brought their own apps and solutions into the business, they also ushered in a surge of security issues throughout systems and networks – leaving IT scrambling to find the right balance between choice, flexibility, and control.
Jon McGettigan | 09 Apr | Read more
Why data holds the key to keeping your enterprise safe from hackers
Data has been dubbed ‘the new oil’ and recent years have seen businesses across the world scrambling to exploit the enormous volume of customer and business information which is in their possession and ripe for analysis.
Barbara Kay, ExtraHop | 09 Apr | Read more
Unified IT brings visibility and collaboration to a siloed industry
IT and cybersecurity operations have traditionally been siloed within businesses, often due to management decisions to break down overarching goals and assign smaller actions to different parts of the company.
James Ley, Ivanti | 09 Apr | Read more
Could cloud be the vulnerability that leads to the next GFC?
We just passed the ten-year anniversary of the 2008 recession, which rocked economies around the world. The culprit? In large part, the sub-prime mortgage crisis and the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers.
Carlo Minassian | 08 Apr | Read more
Cauterise or Collect: the post-breach dilemma
The phone rings in the middle of the night. It’s the Security Operations Centre and a server containing vital data has been hacked.
Elliot Dellys, Hivint | 08 Apr | Read more
Filling Australia’s blindingly large security policy gap
The Information Commissioner’s quarterly reports under the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme makes for some sobering reading - as do the results from recent research conducted by Brennan IT.
Stephen Sims | 05 Apr | Read more
IoT devices: The Trojan Horses of our time
We live in an always-on society where, without fail we are connected. There are many benefits to this way of life, but we must also be aware of its dangers.
Steven Feurer, Paessler | 05 Apr | Read more
Digital identity: Driving towards a connected future
In Ridley Scott’s 1982 sci-fi film Blade Runner, the “future” is set in 2019. In this version, the grey skies are littered with flying cars called “spinners”.
Ashley Stevenson, ForgeRock | 04 Apr | Read more
A Lifetime to Build, a Moment to Destroy
What is more valuable: all of Coke’s factories around the world or the brand itself? If you chose the latter, you’d be correct.
Robert Malkin | 03 Apr | Read more
How to overcome the multi-cloud security challenge
A growing number of organisations are making strategic choices to avoid relying too heavily upon any single cloud service provider. In other words, they are pursuing multi-cloud strategies.
David Shephard | 03 Apr | Read more
Rising to the challenge of securing a multi-cloud environment
Managing cyber-security in a multi-cloud environment comes with its own suite of organisational challenges.
Peter O'Connor, Snowflake | 02 Apr | Read more
Why smart cities should aim for cyber resilience
According to recent research by KPMG, almost half of all local councils in Australia are planning to implement smart city strategies
Is it a data leak if you give consent?
Facebook is under scrutiny again, this time for its ethically questionable "research project" that involved releasing a data mining app to consumers that was intended for internal corporate use under Apple's licensing agreement.
Sam Bocetta | 25 Mar | Read more