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Govt sector suffers high ransomware attack encryption rates

04 October, 2022

A new report has found that 72% of state and local government organisations attacked by ransomware had their data encrypted.


Zero trust a must in govt cybersecurity

28 September, 2022 by Philip Goldie, Vice President, and Managing Director, Okta Australia and New Zealand

By embracing zero trust, government departments and agencies can address the challenges presented by a threat landscape that continues to evolve quickly.


Cyber attack: top five industries at risk

27 September, 2022

A 50% year-over-year increase in hands-on intrusion attempts shows changes in attack trends and adversary tradecraft.


The road to quantum-enabled cybersecurity in Australia

23 September, 2022 by Dr Francis Gaffney, Senior Director — Mimecast Labs & Future Operations

As issues of privacy and data protection become increasingly prominent, the need for advanced cybersecurity methodology looms large.


How agencies can uplift their information security

15 September, 2022 by Tony Mascarenhas, Area VP for ANZ, Imperva

A number of recent reports have highlighted the need for the government to uplift its own cybersecurity.


MuleSoft completes IRAP assessment

09 September, 2022 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Salesforce's MuleSoft has completed the Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) assessment at the PROTECTED classification level.


ANSTO overhauls supply chain with SAP

24 August, 2022 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation is using SAP's IBP software to improve the distribution of radioactive products for nuclear medicine.


Wipro launches Australian cybersecurity consulting arm

22 August, 2022

Wipro has launched a sovereign cybersecurity offering for the Australian government and critical infrastructure industries.


Strengthening cybersecurity maturity

19 August, 2022 by Ken Mizota – Field CTO, APAC, Rapid7

The push to digital services presents a wider attack surface for cybersecurity incidents and a lack of visibility across the IT environment.


Cloudera to support Leidos-led Defence e-health project

17 August, 2022 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Cloudera has been selected to join the Leidos-led consortium building the ADF's new $299m Health Knowledge Management System.


Macquarie joins VMware Sovereign Cloud initiative

09 August, 2022

Macquarie Telecom Group is now a member of the VMware Sovereign Cloud initiative.


Workday completes IRAP assessment

13 July, 2022 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Workday has completed an Information Security Registered Assessors Program assessment to allow it to handle Australian government data up to the PROTECTED level.


Defence gets ISR integration capability

13 July, 2022 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

A consortium led by Leidos has delivered a new intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data search capability to Defence under the first phase of JP2096.


The importance of cyber awareness in government

08 July, 2022 by Nicole Quinn, head of government affairs — APAC, Fortinet

One of the growing risks to organisations and government agencies is a workforce that is unable to identify potential cybersecurity threats.


New ASX entrants failing to detail cyber efforts

01 July, 2022 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

RSM Australia has warned that newly listed ASX companies are failing to detail their cyber resilience efforts, which could cost them vital investor funding.


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