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GUEST OPINION by Ashley Diffey, Country Manager – ANZ and Japan, Ping Identity: The societal changes that occurred during the past 12 months are undeniable, but what’s less talked about are the significant implications for data privacy. First, the massive shift to remote work changed the way data is accessed and secured. And a sharp rise in online transactions means more personal data is being exchanged, stored, and processed than ever before. Further, the amounts of personal data being collected by large technology companies continues to climb, shaking user trust.

GUEST OPINION by Mark Lukie, sales engineer manager – APAC for Barracuda: If anyone had predicted half the things that happened in 2020, we should be paying them a lot to give us predictions for 2021! Going into 2021, we should expect many of the key cybersecurity trends from this year to continue in Australia. 

GUEST OPINION by Christian Lucarelli, VP Sales Asia Pacific, Nintex:  If you’ve been wondering exactly when the working world will return to normal in the wake of COVID-19, the answer is now clear – it never will.

GUEST OPINION by Yaniv Hoffman, Radware: A recent report reveals that with the emergence of new opportunities, Covid-19 has fuelled a contactless economy.

Earlier this year, University of Southern Queensland ICT services director of client services Naomi Lutvey saw the writing on the wall: the COVID-19 pandemic could lead to the campus being closed.

Smart home devices and their apps represent a major weak link in the corporate cyber security chain as the lines between work and home life increasingly blur, according to one security firm that conducted a survey revealing 36% of Australian workers use personal devices to access corporate data – often via services and applications hosted in the cloud.

GUEST OPINION by Rohan Langdon ANZ regional director Forescout: As organisations have had to support remote workforces during the COVID-19 restrictions set by the government, many of them have had to act fast to deliver digital capabilities to their remote workers. Unfortunately, this rapid organisational shift has also increased the risk of bad actors accessing corporate networks.  

GUEST OPINION by Rohan Langdon ANZ regional director Forescout: As organisations have had to support remote workforces during the COVID-19 restrictions set by the government, many of them have had to act fast to deliver digital capabilities to their remote workers. Unfortunately, this rapid organisational shift has also increased the risk of bad actors accessing corporate networks.  

There has been a marked increase in predatory scammers attempting to steal personal details and commit fraud, taking advantage of Australians during the COVID 19 crisis, with National Broadband Network operator NBN Co warning of heightened security threats for remote workers.

Satellite communications provider Inmarsat has teamed up with satellite access station manufacturer Cobham SATCOM to launch a comprehensive new Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) push-to-talk (PTT) solution to connect remote workers using vehicles across the globe.

GUEST OPINION by Budd Ilic, ANZ Country Manager, Zscaler: The benefits of cloud platforms are now well understood within most organisations, however some IT teams are still hesitant to adopt due to the subject of security.

GUEST OPINION by Budd Ilic, ANZ Country Manager, Zscaler: The benefits of cloud platforms are now well understood within most organisations, however some IT teams are still hesitant to adopt due to the subject of security.

Working from home or another remote location is increasing in the US, with a new survey showing that a rapidly growing number of the country’s mobile workforce is taking advantage of their employers’ remote work policies.

Fonality, Australia's fastest growing business communications company, today launched a Unified Communications platform as part of the Fonality Connect cloud-communications solution. Now, SMBs can leverage enterprise-grade Unified Communications (UC) features previously reserved for the largest of companies with simplicity and affordably through the cloud.