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GUEST OPINION by Helen Masters, Managing Director, APJ at Smartsheet: The workplace is undergoing a profound transformation driven by the rapid adoption of AI. We are on the brink of one of the largest change management exercises in history, and every business leader and professional needs to embrace this shift to unlock AI's full potential and ensure organisations and employees aren’t left behind.

Latest State of Security and Identity Report reveals a shift toward software-driven solutions and artificial intelligence in 2025

COMPANY NEWS: As organisations navigate an increasingly complex threat landscape, security leaders are making strategic shifts toward unified platforms and emerging technologies, according to the newly released 2025 State of Security and Identity Report from HID. The comprehensive study gathered responses from 1,800 partners, end users, and security and IT personnel worldwide, and reveals a significant transformation in how businesses are approaching security, with mobile credentials and artificial intelligence emerging as key drivers of innovation.

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.

COMPANY NEWS: Thoughtworks, a global technology consultancy integrating strategy, design and engineering to drive digital innovation, today released the fifth edition of Looking Glass, a report designed to help companies navigate industry shifts and identify new opportunities for growth. The report features five chapters, which the company calls ‘lenses’; each one is designed to help readers better analyse today’s most important technology trends.

GUEST OPINION by Bruce Bennie, Vice President & General Manager, Australia & New Zealand at Juniper Networks: 2024 saw a rapid adoption in AI and sustainable innovation as more businesses looked to better streamline operations, transform customer experiences and optimise energy consumption.

Advanced computer vision technology company Seeing Machines has entered into a collaboration agreement with Mitsubishi Electric Mobility Corporation to pursue joint growth opportunities in the supply of driver and occupant monitoring system technology solutions to “enhance safety” in automotive.

GUEST OPINION: The cybersecurity landscape is poised for transformative shifts in 2025 driven by technological innovation and evolving threats. As cybercriminals become more sophisticated, organisations must stay ahead by proactively adopting strategies that prioritise identity security and business resiliency.

This holiday season, CX leaders will be busy charting a course for 2025.

Deepfake technology heads up the list of security concerns predicted for next year by Robert Le Busque, the Regional Vice President, Asia Pacific for Verizon Business Group.

GUEST OPINION by James Bergin, Xero:  You can tell we have hit a hype saturation point when it is hard to hear the words artificialintelligence (AI) without also hearing the audible groan that follows. And, after two years of hype around generative AI in particular, there are some clear signals that we’re headed intothat situation - the low that tends to follow the high - in this space, where public mood shifts as the gap between expectation and reality becomes more apparent.

It’s that time of year again when businesses reflect on the past 12 months as well as planning and strategizing for the next and trying to predict what will be the key business hacks to increase efficiency and competitive advantage.

COMPANY NEWS: As 2025 approaches, Tenable, the exposure management company, is highlighting the critical need for organisations to prioritise data security in the cloud amid the rapid rise of AI adoption. In the coming year, companies will face mounting pressure to secure AI initiatives at scale while safeguarding a growing range of data assets from cyber threats. Here are Tenable's key predictions for the future of cloud security:

Tesserent has issued its predictons for 2025 with the key focus on social engineering and artificial intelligence.

Strategy Analytics look at the expected evolution of the 5G standard and 690M connections by 2025, noting much work has yet to be done to get there.

A new report forecasts ‘a health adoption for 5G’ with widespread adoption achieved from 2025 after a 2020 start, representing 7% of operator-billed service revenue.