Many Australian companies have been caught offguard by the fast-approaching deadline for compliance with the European Union’s general data protection regulation (GDPR), which imposes new data-security requirements on any organisation handling the personal data of EU citizens – no matter where they are located.
David Braue | 30 Aug | Read more
Ongoing lack of awareness is compromising Australian companies’ defence against email-based phishing and business email compromise attacks, one security executive has warned as new research suggests that 73 percent of Australia’s largest 100 companies still haven’t implemented the current best-practice standard for blocking domain spoofing.
David Braue | 30 Aug | Read more
Figures suggesting the average cost of a data breach is declining reflect a growing culture of responsibility amongst company boards, a senior IBM security executive has reflected while warning that companies’ stubbornly slow forensic capabilities threaten regulatory compliance and customer retention.
David Braue | 22 Jun | Read more
CISOs may still be relatively hard to find within still-maturing Australian companies, but other types of IT-security consulting roles are expected to lead Australia’s jobs market over the next few years, according to newly released employment figures.
David Braue | 06 Dec | Read more
Security software vendor ESET has grown so quickly in Australia that the local operations were “the queen of the world” at the company's recent worldwide partner conference, local managing director Florin Vasile has revealed as he ramps up plans to consolidate the company's position in the fast-growing Australian market.
David Braue | 29 Jul | Read more