ATO renews with Macquarie
31 January, 2023The ATO has renewed its agreement with Macquarie Government, extending the services originally supplied under an agreement signed in 2019.
Education, transport and government among most cyber-attacked
30 January, 2023A new threat report from Check Point shows a resurgence of Glupteba malware and heightened activity for Qbot.
Cyber threat hunting after the holidays
17 January, 2023 by Niranjan Jayanand, WatchTower Threat Hunting Manager APAC | Supplied by: Sentinel Labs Australia Pty LtdAfter a month of short hours and skeleton crews, now is the time to look for malicious code that may have slipped your security perimeter.
Mitigating attacks on critical infrastructure
21 December, 2022 by Rob Le Busque, Regional Vice President, Asia Pacific, Verizon Business Group | Supplied by: Verizon BusinessTech professionals in government play a vital role in shoring up the cybersecurity of Australia's most important pieces of critical infrastructure.
Attracting and retaining IT and cybersecurity talent
08 December, 2022 by David Arthur, Security Practice Lead ANZ, F5 | Supplied by: F5The skills shortage solution doesn't lie with individual organisations — it's a challenge Australia needs to face collectively.
New era of ransomware puts public sector on alert
02 December, 2022 by Ashwin Ram, Cyber Security Evangelist at Check Point | Supplied by: Check Point Software Technologies LtdCheck Point cybersecurity evangelist Ashwin Ram explains what governments and organisations can do to protect themselves.
Data governance: secure and deliver a stronger MoG change
29 November, 2022 by Jonathan Hatchuel, Director for Public Sector and Enterprise at Commvault | Supplied by: CommVault Systems IncThe ongoing cybercrime epidemic is a top concern at a government scale, compounding the challenges of introducing and monitoring good data management practices.
Cyber attacks on health care are here to stay
17 November, 2022 by Serkan Cetin, APJ Technical Director, One Identity | Supplied by: One Identity LLCSince the very start of the NDB in 2018, healthcare service providers have been reporting the most data breaches compared to all other industries.
Putting security front and centre in the outback
16 November, 2022 | Supplied by: NetskopeThe RFDS provides aeromedical and primary healthcare services across regional, rural and remote Queensland. A recent transition to SaaS heightened some risk.
Zoom completes IRAP security assessment
14 November, 2022Zoom has completed an Australian Information Security Registered Assessor Program (IRAP) assessment.
Beating the odds: blocking cyberthreats in education
28 October, 2022 by Garrett O’Hara* | Supplied by: MimecastEducation is a prime target for hackers, where large volumes of data are coupled with often under-resourced cybersecurity teams and legacy technologies.
Qld invests in cybersecurity training
24 October, 2022The Queensland Government has committed $2 million for a Cyber Security Training Operation Centre in Cairns.
Government and military among most cyber-attacked
24 October, 2022Check Point Research (CPR) has published its latest Global Threat Index for September 2022.
PROTECTED level IRAP for APEX Backup Services
24 October, 2022Dell Technologies has completed IRAP Assessment of its APEX Backup Services hosted data protection offering at the PROTECTED level.
Govt sector suffers high ransomware attack encryption rates
04 October, 2022A new report has found that 72% of state and local government organisations attacked by ransomware had their data encrypted.
