Australians think they're better at protecting personal data than they are
The majority of Australian shoppers are aware of the recent data breaches that struck major retailers around the world this year, but a new survey has found that few have changed their own behaviour...
View ArticleDon't forget non-mainstream platforms in patching regime, Secunia warns
Some 2211 new software vulnerabilities were discovered over the past three months alone, the latest quarterly audit by security solutions provider Secunia has found.
View ArticleAustralian IT-security spending outpacing the world as vertical-industry...
A worsening threat climate and growing demand for security services will keep growth in Australian spending on information-security solutions well ahead of world levels this year, Gartner has...
View ArticleCybersecurity careers suffering brand-recognition problems amongst young...
Young Australians learned about safe online behaviour earlier than their international peers and are more likely to consider a career in IT security, but few students have actually met an IT-security...
View ArticleBrand-monitoring tool bridges business-IT security divide by ferreting out...
Australian security consultancy Securus Global is winning converts in both IT-security and marketing organisations on the back of a locally-built managed service designed to sniff out duplicate Web...
View ArticleTerritoriality, denial confounding chances at IT-security improvement, risk...
Businesses may broadly aspire to improve their security and risk management but, in the absence of real organisational appetite for change, many still need “a rude awakening” to finally muster the will...
View ArticleThe IT-security divide is limiting full cyber attack chain analysis, expert...
Despite years of technological progress, many companies are deploying security defences with an eye to blocking malware and command-and-control (C&C) traffic but fail to build internal...
View ArticleIs Your Security Secure?
At the start of every calendar year, I get asked about technology trends for the coming year and the increasing importance of security with so many new nexus forces at play. Thankfully, security is...
View Article2016: The year we strike back
In an IT-security industry that is rife with 'year of' predictions – the year of spam, the year of the advanced persistent threat (APT), the year of ransomware – there may be some comfort in the...
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