Hitting us where it hurts: cyber attackers targeting Australia’s critical infrastructure for maximum Disruption

Australia’s critical infrastructure is becoming a major target for cyberattackers and we are completely unprepared.

This month in security: December 2019

China bans deepfakes, New Zealand introduces a new data privacy Bill, hackers make off with $1 million and O365 disruptions plague APAC.

Security Leaders In Focus: Scott Hawkins, Mater Health Services

Cybersecurity manager Scott Hawkins didn’t come to lead Mater Health Services’ cybersecurity team through the usual route. “Coming at cybersecurity from a business process improvement angle gave me a different motivation for getting it right.”

This month in security: September 2019

US authorities continued their BEC Takedown with more arrests, the first recorded deep-fake AI-generated voice scam and human error caused the breach of Australian health records.

From an Australian CISO’s perspective: Why the Carbon Black acquisition is potentially good news and the Symantec one is not.

The motivations behind the acquisitions of Symantec by Broadcom and Carbon Black by VMware, and how they might impact their existing Australian customers.

This month in security: August 2019

We’ve seen a few interesting security-related incidents affect the APAC region during August – including breaches of sensitive medical information and public transport users’ data, plus a work-alike Microsoft exploit attracting the attention of ASD.

We must humanise cyber

Australian companies and governments need to put the human element back into cybersecurity and focus on building a narrative around the industry