Privacy and the right to be 'left alone'
Imagine life without our smartphones, tablets, digital televisions and the Internet. We would still be stuck in the early 90s.
Nathan Lowe | 29 Nov | Read more
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Cloud-based Office Housekeeping
Workspace management solutions for the professional management of cloud-based office systems
Dirk Eisenberg | 23 Nov | Read more
Managing Cyber Security Risks
The recent DDoS attacks have once again highlighted the importance of effectively managing cyber security risks.
Mike Sentonas | 17 Nov | Read more
Liar, liar, pings on fire: Getting the truth out of your network
In general, IT professionals don't tend to be existentialists. Make a claim like, “There is no one truth,” and we'll bring to bear enough data, expertise, and inductive reasoning to quickly scupper the subjectivity of any matter.
Leon Adato | 10 Nov | Read more
What to do when ransomware strikes?
Cyber criminals are not just targeting entire organisations but also every individual that works for, or conducts business with it.
Simon Ractliffe | 09 Nov | Read more
Moving Beyond ‘Defence-in-Depth’ to Transform Enterprise Security
The security market today is flooded with hundreds of software tools, hardware appliances and cloud-based services.
Matt Brigham | 08 Nov | Read more
Hacking is the new face of espionage
When you imagine the world of espionage, do you think of undercover agents trying to recruit a mole or cracking safes to steal sensitive information? Those who do, may be thinking in the past. The game has changed.
Eric O’Neill | 03 Nov | Read more
Massive security update from Oracle
This week, Oracle released its Critical Patch Update for October 2016. It closes multiple vulnerabilities, so Oracle administrators will face the task of testing, verifying, and deploying dozens of patches.
Alexander Polyakov | 01 Nov | Read more
Refuse to take part in a DDoS Botnet
Cybersecurity is the hottest topic in the IT world at the moment, thanks to the massive DDoS attacks against Brian Krebs' "Krebs on Security" website, against French hosting provider OVH, and, most recently, against Dyn’s DNS service, all of which came from compromised IoT devices, including DVRs and security cameras.
Kimberley Parsons Trommler | 28 Oct | Read more
Using Digital technology to confront online Threats to National Security
It’s no secret digital technologies have changed everything.
Joshua Kennedy-White | 25 Oct | Read more
The importance of security and load testing over the application development life cycle
Old hands from the last millennium know that whenever a manufacturer brought a new application or a new version of an application onto the market, users were often abused as beta testers.
Phil Trainor | 25 Oct | Read more
The Eight Stages of Effective Customer Identity Access Management
As commerce continues to shift online, IT managers are finding themselves juggling two competing priorities.
Mark Perry | 14 Oct | Read more
Maximising Your Security Resources
The number of detected security incidents in Australia increased by 109% in the last 12 months according to PwC’s Global State of Information Security® Survey 2016.
Scott Crane | 14 Oct | Read more
Cloud Security Services to the Rescue for Data Breach Cases
With surge in the number of cyber-attacks and hacking incidents, innovative and fool-proof cloud security services are reinstating faith in data storage for many individuals and organizations.
Amitabh Sahare | 13 Oct | Read more
Cyber Terrorism - The Final Frontier
A hospital staff member, expecting delivery of an online purchase, opens an email claiming to contain details of a parcel delivery.
Nathan Lowe | 12 Oct | Read more
How Financial Services Protect Their Users
Investing your personal money in any of the many financial services that exist presents an element of risk.
Ben Barlow | 06 Oct | Read more
Cyber criminals heading for $1 billion haul from ransomware
Ransomware continues to proliferate in complexity, volume and rewards for cyber criminals. Their haul is on track to top $1 billion this year, with more than 4,000 attacks occurring each day, according to the FBI.
Kane Lightowler | 28 Sep | Read more
The four biggest blind spots in network protection
Organisations invest large amounts of money in cutting-edge security tools, but many tend to forget about one critical area: network visibility
David Higgins | 28 Sep | Read more
The anatomy of large-scale cyber attacks
The recent Australian census has focussed a spotlight on the problems cyber attacks can cause for both governments and businesses in our increasingly online world.
Vincent Goh | 13 Sep | Read more
Policing the data lake
Every organisation is facing a new set of security challenges as they amass data says Nuix's Jim Kent.
Paul Wallbank | 25 Aug | Read more