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GUEST OPINION: The pandemic, ongoing lockdowns and tax return time are leading to a perfect scam storm, says Dr Suranga Seneviratne from the University of Sydney’s School of Computer Science, who provides timely advice on how to spot and avoid a scam.

AUTHORITY NEWS: The law setting out how businesses must action unsubscribe (or ‘opt-out’) messages from consumers receiving commercial SMS and email has recently been further clarified.

Pass out your new DuckDuckGo email address and the service will strip out all the trackers from incoming email before forwarding to your actual address.

GUEST OPINION by Daniel Harding, MaxContact’s Director – Australia Operations: Webchat, SMS and email can enable you to deliver better customer service but only if you invest time and resources to implement them smartly.

Microsoft has enabled what must surely be one of the most-requested features for Office 365 - the ability to send email from a proxy address, or an alias.

The Australian Cyber Security Centre says it is aware of disruptions being experienced on some Department of Parliamentary Services-issued smartphones and tablets over this weekend.

GUEST OPINION by George Tsoukas, Gigamon:   For organisations that want to full benefit from their approach to the cloud, cloud-native computing may provide the answer. Unfortunately, although the benefits of the cloud-native approach are widely recognised, there is a lot of confusion about what cloud-native computing actually is.

Spending on cyber security in 2021 is forecast to grow by 10% in the worst-case scenario, the technology research firm Canalys says.

Email security provider Mimecast says it has been informed by Microsoft that a certificate it issued for authentication of Mimecast Sync and Recover, Continuity Monitor, and IEP products to Microsoft 365 Exchange Web Services has been compromised.

Electronic forms signing and management platform, DocuSign, now allows real-time SMS document signing notifications - cutting through email noise and closing business faster.

ASX-listed financial software firm Iress is moving away from email to Slack for communications and its chief technology officer, Andrew Todd, says this is because the app offers improved security and control.

GUEST OPINION by Greg Wyman, Bufferzone Security: Organisations can train users all day, every day, but humans are humans. It’s never possible to train 100 percent of users to identify and never click on an (unknown) malicious link, or open a potentially harmful email attachment.

VENDOR NEWS by Greg Wyman, Bufferzone Security: Organisations can train users all day, every day, but humans are humans. It’s never possible to train 100 percent of users to identify and never click on an (unknown) malicious link, or open a potentially harmful email attachment.

Cloud messaging and customer experience automation platform provider Pypestream has integrated with global streaming media intelligence company Conviva to jointly offer proactive digital “conversational experiences” through notifications, eliminating the need for customers to reactively call or email a call centre.

Zoho Workplace combines collaboration, productivity, and communications tools and integrates them into other business processes, the company claims.

GUEST OPINION by Jamie Atherton, Country Manager ANZ, Hyland: Data has rapidly become an absolute focal point of every government department, committee, sub-committee and agency. It underpins critical decision-making, communication between departments and the general public, research and a host of other daily functions.

GUEST OPINION by Jamie Atherton, Country Manager ANZ, Hyland: Data has rapidly become an absolute focal point of every government department, committee, sub-committee and agency. It underpins critical decision-making, communication between departments and the general public, research and a host of other daily functions.

GUEST OPINION by Simon Howe, Vice President Sales – APAC, LogRhythm: With large numbers of people now sitting in home offices in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, attention is turning to what this means when it comes to achieving effective IT security.

GUEST OPINION by Daniel Harding, Director, MaxContact: Australia’s small and medium business sector is doing it tough and finding practical and affordable ways to connect with customers and prospects is critical to survival, Daniel Harding argues.

Business email compromise (BEC) was the most prevalent security threat in Australia in 2019, accounting for 23.6% of global attempts and placing Australia in the top two countries with the most attempted attacks - and with the healthcare sector globally remaining the most targeted industry.