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GUEST OPINION: Recent cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure have starkly illustrated the risk of industrial control systems, sending a disturbing reminder to the power sector about the critical need for resilient operational technology (OT) environments.

GUEST OPINION: The Australian government has joined international allies and partners in pledging not to pay ransom demands related to cyber-attacks at the Counter Ransomware Initiative (CRI) Summit in San Francisco yesterday.

COMPANY NEWS: Commvault, a leading provider of data protection and cyber resilience solutions for hybrid cloud organisations, today announced that its portfolio of SaaS-delivered data protection solutions has achieved Australia’s Infosec Registered Assessor Program (IRAP) certification at Protected level.

Telecommunications company Optus contacted its customers over the weekend that it notified them of the impact of the previous cyberattack last week that may have compromised their personal details.

The Australian Parliament passed the Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure Protection) Act 2022 earlier this year with mandatory periods for critical infrastructure cyber security incidents to be reported, but what does it mean for you in practice? CyberArk solutions engineering manager Andrew Slavkovic spoke to iTWire to explain.

A significant percentage of organisations expose insecure or highly sensitive protocols, including SMB, SSH, and Telnet, to the public internet, according to the latest Cyber Risk and Readiness report from network detection and response specialist ExtraHop.

Content delivery network and DDoS mitigation company Cloudflare has opened four data centres in the past 12 months in Adelaide, Canberra, Hobart, and Christchurch—increasing its network footprint in Australia and New Zealand.

More than three quarters of ASX 200 companies are subjecting their customers, partners, and employees to higher risks of email fraud, a Proofpoint research has found.

The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) is encouraging organisations "to urgently adopt an enhanced cyber security position. Organisations should act now and follow ACSC’s advice to improve their cyber security resilience in light of the heightened threat environment."

Cybercrime victims need an organised national approach when reporting cyber attacks, according FooForce CEO Frances Russell.

The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has notified construction companies to be more alert after it observed that there was a rise in BEC scams in the industry.

Guest Opinion: Six years ago, GDPR made its appearance on the international data protection scene. Since then, the global and local regulatory landscapes around data protection and cybersecurity have greatly expanded.

On the 25th of January, ten days after ASIC became aware of a cyber security incident affecting a server used by ASIC, the world was notified of the ASIC hack attack.

VENDOR CONTRIBUTION: The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) received one cybercrime report every 10 minutes over the last 12 months, and malicious cyber activity against Australia’s national and economic interests is increasing in frequency, scale, and sophistication.

VENDOR CONTRIBUTION: The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) received one cybercrime report every 10 minutes over the last 12 months, and malicious cyber activity against Australia’s national and economic interests is increasing in frequency, scale, and sophistication.

VENDOR CONTRIBUTION: The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) received one cybercrime report every 10 minutes over the last 12 months, and malicious cyber activity against Australia’s national and economic interests is increasing in frequency, scale, and sophistication.

Quite surprisingly, with the issue of new guidelines for secure cloud services, the talk among government functionaries has turned to promotion of local companies as being more suited for this role locally than foreign firms.

The Australian Cyber Security Centre has reiterated its advice to Australians regarding ransomware infections, saying that it strongly advised people not to pay any ransom.

The breach of the Australian Parliament network, announced in February, was the country's first national cyber crisis, according to the annual report of the Australian Signals Directorate for 2018-19 which was released recently.

After the shameful censorship it indulged in at CyberCon, the Australian Cyber Security Centre should seriously consider changing its name to the Australian Cyber Security and Censorship Centre.