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Containment 'Essential' for cyber resilience in the model driven era
Hybrid Cloud

Containment 'Essential' for cyber resilience in the model driven era

Australian firms could face faster breaches as model-driven attackers shrink exploit times to hours, making containment and zero trust vital.

By Shane Hill • 6 min read • Last week
Canopy says hardware losses cost Australia AUD $430 million
Data Protection

Canopy says hardware losses cost Australia AUD $430 million

Australian firms could be losing value and facing security risks as idle decommissioned devices wipe away recovery value and add labour costs.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • This month
Collective cyber defence will be won or lost in how we act together
Data Protection

Collective cyber defence will be won or lost in how we act together

Boards and regulators are being urged to prove critical services can hold up as frontier AI speeds attacks and shortens response times.

By Nicole Henry • 5 min read • This month
Machine vs. machine: The new reality of cybersecurity in ANZ
Digital Transformation

Machine vs. machine: The new reality of cybersecurity in ANZ

Most organisations in Australia and New Zealand still cannot match machine-speed attacks, leaving blind spots and manual defences exposed.

By Jeremy Pell • 6 min read • Last month
Microsoft patches two critical Active Directory flaws
Ransomware

Microsoft patches two critical Active Directory flaws

The flaws could have let attackers hijack identities and take over domains in environments where Active Directory still runs most enterprise access.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month
Fujitsu & DigiCert team up on certificate management
Digital Transformation

Fujitsu & DigiCert team up on certificate management

Shorter certificate lifespans are forcing Australian and New Zealand businesses to automate renewals or risk outages and security gaps.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month
Bugtri launches in Sydney to curb AI vulnerability spam
Application Security

Bugtri launches in Sydney to curb AI vulnerability spam

Security teams are drowning in AI-generated bug reports, and 11 early users are already testing a system that filters the noise.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Last month

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Public certificate change puts VPN & Wi-Fi at risk
Network Security

Public certificate change puts VPN & Wi-Fi at risk

Staff could soon lose access to Wi-Fi, VPNs and APIs as public certificate authorities stop issuing login certificates and the free ones expire in October.

By Richard Brown • 5 min read • Last week
AI's next cyber threat has arrived, identity security is key for survival
Privileged Access Management

AI's next cyber threat has arrived, identity security is key for survival

Australian businesses face faster, cheaper attacks as the ASD urges tighter control of privileged access and AI identities.

By Morey J. Haber • 5 min read • This month
Canberra cyber awards honour women & inclusion efforts
Cloud Security

Canberra cyber awards honour women & inclusion efforts

Skills shortages in Canberra's cyber sector are being tackled through awards for women, mentors and employers boosting inclusion.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • This month
Why insider threats are still Australia's most under-managed risk
Data Protection

Why insider threats are still Australia's most under-managed risk

Australian firms are leaving staff and contractors with excessive access, making insider incidents harder to spot, report and contain.

By Maxime Cousseau • 4 min read • This month
SentinelOne brings Prompt Security to AWS Sydney for AI sovereignty
Data Protection

SentinelOne brings Prompt Security to AWS Sydney for AI sovereignty

Local hosting in Sydney eases compliance worries for Australian firms using AI tools that may expose prompts, code and credentials.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • This month
JFrog clears IRAP check for Australian government use
DevOps

JFrog clears IRAP check for Australian government use

Australian agencies can now assess JFrog faster, after the platform cleared a PROTECTED-level IRAP review for security approvals.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month
From vulnerability management to risk, insight, and resilience
Cloud Security

From vulnerability management to risk, insight, and resilience

Disconnected vulnerability data is leaving Australian organisations unable to judge which weaknesses threaten critical services, compliance, or customers.

By Dan Spada • 5 min read • Last month
How CPS 230 will indirectly impact manufacturers through their customers and suppliers
Disaster Recovery

How CPS 230 will indirectly impact manufacturers through their customers and suppliers

Manufacturers supplying banks and other regulated firms face tougher contract demands on resilience, cyber risk and continuity as CPS 230 beds in.

By Adam Bowles • 4 min read • Last month
Australian firms unready for AI cyber attacks, Elastic
Digital Transformation

Australian firms unready for AI cyber attacks, Elastic

Most Australian organisations still rely on manual processes, leaving them exposed to AI-automated cyber attacks, according to an Elastic survey.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • Last month
No one's just a number: the finance-team blind spot behind Australia's rising payment scams
Digital Transformation

No one's just a number: the finance-team blind spot behind Australia's rising payment scams

Australians lost AUD $166.8 million to payment redirection scams in 2025, as finance teams struggled to verify supplier bank-detail changes.

By Phillip Vella • 5 min read • Last month
Quest wins IRAP status for Australian government sales
Data Protection

Quest wins IRAP status for Australian government sales

Australian agencies could now buy Quest's security and data platforms without repeating lengthy internal reviews, after independent PROTECTED-level assessment.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month