Physical Security being overlooked
The next time you are visiting any business, private or public look around and take things in with a – let’s call it “security filter”.
Craig Ford | 08 Mar | Read more
The next time you are visiting any business, private or public look around and take things in with a – let’s call it “security filter”.
Craig Ford | 08 Mar | Read more
Nearly half of Australian business leaders – and a third of IT security professionals – don’t know what to do if their business suffers a cybersecurity incident, according to a new survey that also highlighted industry’s chronic failure to notify customers when personal data was compromised in a cybersecurity attack.
David Braue | 15 Dec | Read more
CISOs are getting more clout than ever but it’s not translating into cross-business partnerships or far-reaching security strategies, according to a new survey of the CISO’s role that found just 51 percent of companies have an organisation-wide information security strategy.
David Braue | 20 Sep | Read more
Businesses that continue to prioritise perimeter security over data protection will face a day of reckoning when a perfect storm of new regulations comes into effect next year, security experts have warned as new research finds that more than half of Australian businesses admit they’ll fail to meet deadlines for compliance.
David Braue | 12 Jul | Read more
Critics say the The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program, managed by MITRE, is falling far behind in its mission to catalog and identify all known vulnerabilities. Its defenders say a new model is closing that gap.
Taylor Armerding | 11 Jul | Read more
Organizations are missing opportunities to cultivate inside talent who may lack experience but already know the business and have the fundamental skills to succeed in cybersecurity.
Stacy Collett | 07 Jul | Read more
Repercussions from the compromise of Medicare details continue to escalate, but in the longer term the incident serves as yet another reminder that the disconnect between security strategy and execution isn’t limited to Australia’s private sector.
David Braue | 06 Jul | Read more
IT security organisations can boost adoption of bring your own device (BYOD) programs by delegating control over employee data privacy to business owners, a VMware security specialist has advised as the 18,000-employee company reviews lessons learned during its own successful BYOD program.
David Braue | 22 Jun | Read more
With so much emphasis on impending obligations under the federal government’s Notifiable Data Breaches (NDB) regime, many Australian companies are yet to appreciate their obligations under new European privacy guidelines that will go into effect just 3 months after the NDB.
David Braue | 13 Jun | Read more
Developers are demanding answers from Apple after a $400-a-month iPhone VPN become a top grossing app on the App Store.
We have all say through the standard company training on cyber-security. It usually starts with an hour or two trapped in a packed seminar room, surrounded by colleagues pretending to take notes but really playing Words With Friends on their smartphones, followed by bad coffee and slightly stale pastries.
Anthony Caruana | 31 May | Read more
Integration of new technologies is seen as less of a challenge than it was in the past but IT security concerns are increasing dramatically, according to a review of IT auditing best practice that has also found that risk management of third parties is rising rapidly.
David Braue | 09 Feb | Read more
Who better to verify that Google is Google than Google?
Recent findings that Australian businesses are failing to test their IT security adequately – or even at all, in some cases – highlight a major business risk that is being exacerbated by the inability of many IT practitioners to think like outside intruders, a security expert has warned.
David Braue | 16 Dec | Read more
Analytics tools are being put to use by businesses across a range of industry sectors, and now many are discovering their value in the area of IT security.
Simon Howe | 07 Dec | Read more