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GUEST OPINION by Fleming Shi, Chief Technology Officer, Barracuda: With remote working now the norm for many organisations, security is topping the list of concerns for Australian CIOs.

Australian healthcare provider UnitingCare Queensland has been hit by what appears to be Windows ransomware, with the company saying it was hit by a "cyber incident" on Monday.

The likelihood of ransomware having impacted upon Eastern Health's ability to perform some surgeries has attracted some commentary from KnowBe4, which bills itself as "the world's first and largest New-school security awareness training and simulated phishing platform" that helps organisation manage the ongoing problem of social engineering.

Thycotic, a provider of privileged access management (PAM) solutions to more than 10,000 organisations, including 25 of the Fortune 100, today released its CISO Decisions survey, an independent global study that examines what most influences the board to invest in cyber security and the impact this has on CISO decision-making.

Australian drinks manufacturer Lion has been forced to take down its IT systems following what is said to be a cyber incident.