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Friday, 07 March 2025 11:51

With 75% of Australian businesses anticipating a cyber breach in 2025, organisations must prioritise ‘resilience strategies’ with a Zero Trust architecture

Zscaler

Survey reveals urgent need for prioritisation of network and security architecture transformation and adoption of a Zero Trust ‘Resilient by Design’ approach for cyber resilience strategies in the face of inevitable future attacks

75% of Australian organisations expect to experience a significant failure scenario in the next year.
97% of Australian IT leaders ‘believe’ their current cyber resilience measures are effective, yet ransomware attacks continue to rise and cost organisations billions of dollars per year.
But only 32% say their cyber resilience strategy is up-to-date in preparation for modern attacks in response to the rise of AI
Australian organisations must more closely examine their ability to respond to advanced cyber breaches, which allow threat actors to access systems, move laterally, and steal sensitive data.

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Friday, 07 March 2025 09:54

Rapid7’s Chief Scientist Warns Australian Businesses to Prioritise their Ransomware Policies

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Raj Samani, Chief Scientist at Cyber Security giant Rapid7

Australian companies need to establish clear ransomware policies and improve their understanding of their attack surface to enhance their cyber security, says a visiting global expert.

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Friday, 07 March 2025 09:46

Appian Unveils Latest Platform Release for Faster, More Powerful Data Fabric and AI Experience

Appian

Appian (NASDAQ: APPN) today announced the latest version of the Appian Platform, which delivers improved scalability, speed, and performance for enterprise applications. Appian 25.1 introduces more document processing capacity with AI skills, centralised dashboards for monitoring process KPIs, and the ability to sync 10 million rows per record type in your data fabric.

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Thursday, 06 March 2025 19:41

Building cyber resilience with Yubico and Microsoft

Derek Hanson

GUEST OPINION: Derek Hanson, Vice President of Standards and Alliances at Yubico : In today’s digital landscape, cyber threats are evolving at an unprecedented pace: every second, a phishing attack takes place. In fact, over 80% of these attacks are the result of stolen login credentials and almost 70% of phishing attacks relied on AI last year alone.

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Thursday, 06 March 2025 14:51

AI-powered Attacks Surge, but Cyber Defenders Adapt with Advanced Tools

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Lotem Finkelstein, Director of Threat Intelligence and Research at Check Point Software Technologies

AI continues to be a force multiplier for good, aiding cybersecurity protections, while also enabling bad actors to harness the technology in their attack vectors.

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Thursday, 06 March 2025 12:15

Western Australia Police implements new number plate recognition technology

Gordon Peters

Motorola Solutions’ PSCore mobile app expanded to help identify vehicles of interest

Western Australia Police Force is conducting faster and better-informed investigations and road policing throughout the state through the addition of automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) capability within Motorola Solutions’ PSCore mobile application.

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Thursday, 06 March 2025 11:31

Why transparency is vital with AI in HR, according to OneAdvanced executive

Grant Titmus

Damien Durston, the Head of People Management Solutions at OneAdvanced ANZ

Validating the time that an employee has worked has been around a very long time. Who could forget 1960s cartoon character Fred Flintstone punching his concrete tablet in and out at the Bedrock quarry?

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Thursday, 06 March 2025 11:15

Southern Cyber implements Check Point prevention-first strategy

Check Point Software Technologies

Matt Payze, Senior Consultant at Southern Cyber

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ: CHKP), a pioneer and global leader of cyber security solutions, today announced that Adelaide-based Southern Cyber, a leading provider of cyber security solutions, has reinforced its commitment to delivering world-class cyber security by implementing a prevention-first strategy.

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Thursday, 06 March 2025 11:04

CommBank attributes AI to 30% reduction in customer fraud

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Dr Andrew McMullan, Chief Data and Analytics Officer at CommBank

The Commonwealth Bank says using Artificial Intelligence to help protect its customers has reduced fraud by 30% and seen a 50% reduction in scam losses.

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