In a combat situation, our soldiers wear and carry different types and amounts of equipment, compared to when they are on normal duties. In some high risk situations they’re expected to carry around 60 kilograms worth of kit, including their gun, ammunition, armour, helmet and boots.
Insider threats are increasingly on our radar, we saw a recent example in Australia with an Bluescope Steel employee taking out company documents. Also two scientists at Glaxo Smith Kline research scientists in another well publicised incident- Yu Xue and Lucy Xi, were charged with stealing trade secrets.
Hackers, attackers and cybercriminals are no slouches when it comes to staying on the cutting edge of the tools of their trade. The black hats that seek to exploit our networks, applications and users are inventive and excellent problem solvers when it comes to finding new ways to break into our systems.
Nicolas Lennon | 31 Mar | Read more
Barely a day goes by without new reports of organisations falling victim to cyber-attacks. Data breaches, network outages and system disruptions have become an unfortunate reality of the modern digital world.
David De Laine | 31 Mar | Read more
In 2014, Australian police foiled an attempt by Russian cyber criminals to steal AUD 570 million from several Australian organisations. Other companies such as Telstra were less lucky. Cyber crime costs Australia as much as AUD 2 billion annually, according to the Australian Attorney-General's Department. And, the number of attacks is rising by 20 percent each year.
Ram Vaidyanathan | 31 Mar | Read more
After several years in the wild, network virtualisation has turned a corner and is likely to see more widespread adoption over the next five years. In fact, until now networks have remained pretty bland. But this is changing fast.
Leon Adato | 30 Mar | Read more
Graham Williamson is Senior Analyst at KuppingerCole and covers the areas of Identity-as-a-Service, Dynamic Authorisation Control and Privacy. He has consulted in the Identity Management sector for 15 years and is the author of the book “Identity Management: A Primer”. Graham holds a bachelor of Applied Science degree from the University of Toronto and an MBA degree from Bond University. He has practical experience in the identity management and access control industry having completed assignments in the academic, government and large corporate industry sectors across three continents.
Graham Williamson | 30 Mar | Read more
Along with an Opex-leaning cost model, cloud computing’s appeal has included dynamic capacity provisioning where compute and storage resources can be added, moved and removed almost instantaneously.
Ian Teague | 18 May | Read more
Whoever said the best defence is a strong offence could have been thinking of protecting the enterprise from “advanced threats”. Given the stealth of today’s advanced attack malware, the scale of data compromise and speed of execution, it has been proven time and again that relying on a passive, defensive security strategy is no longer adequate.
Digital information is the heart of today’s organisations. It’s growing exponentially, and its effective use and management is directly linked to the continued success of the modern enterprise. However, digital technologies and global interconnection have introduced a significant number of new risks and greatly amplified existing ones. There are now many significant, high-profile examples of information risks being realised, and their impacts continue to grow. Organisations simply must improve their management of information risk.
Steve Durbin | 30 Mar | Read more
The continuous coverage of network breaches and data leaks, indicates that information security has become a dangerous blind spot for many businesses. This is making it critical for CEO’s to familiarise themselves with their organisation’s internet security policies and procedures, as they become increasingly accountable for any failures.
David Higgins | 27 Mar | Read more
In an environment of unrelenting attacks, network packet capture and security analytics are essential for discovering the attack while it is in progress and to provide the intelligence to minimise the damage done as well as to prevent future attacks.
Scott Crane | 24 Mar | Read more
With the festive season fast approaching, online retailers everywhere will be busily preparing themselves to meet the bulk demands of customers but another community is also waiting in the wings. The festive season is a primetime for nefarious cyber criminals or hackers looking to steal important data of your customers. With passage of time, hackers are improving their skills and are founding quite innovative ways to trace online behavior and steal credentials of the customers.
There is no shortage of conversation around enterprise security. In light of some recent, high-profile hacking incidents, everyone’s talking about the importance of securing networks, data and devices in avoiding a worst case scenario of confidential customer or organisational information or IP being compromised. Interestingly, these conversations often neglect one vital component- the applications that operate on these systems and how their own vulnerabilities can bring down an organisations’ entire security strategy.
Mav Turner | 20 Feb | Read more
Every business holds at least some sensitive data. This may be sensitive personal information belonging to clients or employees, or confidential data relating to business operations. Keeping this secret information secret should be a concern to every business, no matter what industry or size.
James Billingsley | 30 Jan | Read more
Recently there has been an almost constant feed of news around distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, with banks, gaming organisations, governments, educational establishments and e-commerce vendors all being attacked. The DDoS threat has evolved considerably over recent years, with significant changes in the frequency and scale of attacks, and the motivations of cyber criminals. And, over a similar period, many organisations have become highly dependent on the availability of Internet services for their business continuity.
Cybersecurity chiefs aren’t the only ones worrying about hackers these days. Anyone who uses a credit card or stores family photos in the cloud has nagging concerns about data security. Small business owners are worried, too.
Paul Lipman | 12 Jan | Read more
“There is no clouding the fact that security threats are increasing. Hackers are becoming more advanced in their techniques and with more devices being connected than ever before, it is becoming easier to spread malicious software. The situation is only going to get worse, as companies run from fire to fire, securing whatever is most important right now.”
‘Once more unto the breach’…When Henry V uttered those immortalised words in Shakespeare’s play; most enemy attacks were fought on the battlefield. Yet in modern times, many ambushes come in the form of cyber attacks that wreak havoc in the shadows. These data breaches affect all organisations, not just governments, and also more commonly small and mid-sized businesses.
Brett Moorgas | 10 Dec | Read more
New technologies like bring your own identity (BYOI) provide the agility that organisations need to compete in the digital economy, as Jan Zeilinga demonstrated in last month’s blog. But let’s not forget that getting the house in order is an important prerequisite to going “digital”. Employees and contractors need access to the right information to do their jobs, and organisations need to ensure that digital assets are used appropriately.
John Havers | 10 Dec | Read more