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Rhonda Robati’s journey in ICT didn’t start in a boardroom. Although she didn’t have a degree, her drive and curiosity pushed her to learn, grow, and take every opportunity to advance.

COMPANY NEWS: Barracuda Networks, a trusted partner and leading provider of cloud-first security solutions, today announced Nell O’Donnell as its new chief legal officer and Kim Mota as its new chief human resources officer. Both leaders bring extensive years of executive leadership experience to Barracuda, with successful track records of leading companies through business growth and expansion.

• As Aussies get ready for summer holiday travel, inflation and cost-of-living concerns drive 66% of vacationers to seek out bargain holiday deals
• 1 in 3 Australians have been scammed when booking, with a third (35%) of those losing $500-$1,000
• 61% of all adults worry more about digital safety than physical safety when on vacation

COMPANY NEWS: Today, McAfee Corp., a global leader in online protection, revealed Australia-specific findings from its new ‘Safer Summer Holidays’ Travel Report. The report surveyed 7,000 people across seven countries to discover how safe it is to plan and book travel online, and how cautious people are when interacting with digital tools while traveling abroad. The research reveals 29% of Aussies have fallen victim or know someone who has fallen victim to an online scam while trying to save money when booking travel. 35% of those who had money stolen have lost $500-$1,000 before their trip has even begun, while 59% lost up to $1,000.

Twenty-one percent (21%) of Australian consumers anticipate increased cybercriminal activity during the holidays, with 87% of Aussies believing that the use of artificial intelligence by cybercriminals will impact online scams, according to a global holiday shopping scam study by online protection company McAfee.

COMPANY NEWS : McAfee Corp is a global leader in online protection, today announced McAfee Business Protection, a new comprehensive security solution for small business owners in collaboration with Dell Technologies. McAfee Business Protection helps Dell small business customers stay ahead of cyber threats and vulnerabilities with award-winning security, identity and dark web data monitoring, VPN, web protection for safe browsing and more.  

Information security and compliance cloud provider Qualys has appointed Richard Sorosina to the role of ANZ chief technology security officer, Frances Kwok to the newly created role of regional business operations manager, and Neil Chen to the role of technical account manager.

Cybersecurity company Barracuda Networks has appointed Paul Crighton as Regional Sales Director for Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific Islands.

Security specialist Trellix has appointed Luke Power to the role of ANZ managing director.

Online protection company McAfee has partnered with telecommunications company Telstra to deliver protection and safeguard the privacy and identity of telco consumers.

Australian workforce intelligence platform provider Reejig has appointed Trent Peterson to the role of vice president of global customer success.

Email security and cyber resilience company Mimecast is continuing its expansion in APAC by establishing an office in Singapore as a regional hub for focus on South-East Asia.

Veeam cloud and service provider Probax has appointed Tony Stratton to the role of APAC sales director.

Cloud security provider Aqua Security has added Joseph Sexton to its board of directors.

Cloud solution specialist rhipe's CFO and COO Mark McLellan has been replaced by parent company Crayon's APAC executive vice president Rhonda Robati.

Cloud-native security provider Aqua Security has appointed Robert D'Amico to the role of APJ area vice president.

A blog post published by the security firm Flashpoint on 22 October appears to have been the starting point for the claim that a supposedly new ransomware gang Groove was a hoax and one designed to make both security firms and the media look foolish.

A ransomware gang known as Groove is claimed to have been an elaborate hoax meant to deceive the security sector and the media, with even a site backed by a CIA-funded threat intelligence firm falling for the spoof.

Australians believe schools should teach online safety cucciculum with a new study showing that many parents have not taken proactive security measures to protect their family/home when distance learning was introduced to their lives, despite being concerned that their children could be exposed to scams or illegal content. 

Global security provider Forcepoint has appointed technology industry veteran Rees Johnson as its chief product officer in the wake of recording double-digit growth in revenue and acquiring new customers.

McAfee’s latest report, Mobile Threat Report 2021, highlights that hackers harnessed malwares to spread misinformation on vaccines and used it to obtain a user's personal and sensitive data.