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COMPANY NEWS: Palo Alto Networks, the global cybersecurity leader, yesterday announced the recipients of its JAPAC Partner Awards at the Palo Alto Networks Executive Kick-Off (PEKO). These annual awards recognise the remarkable contributions, vision, and leadership of our partners in the Asia Pacific and Japan region, who play a critical role in advancing security resilience for organisations facing ever-evolving cyber threats across the region.

Singaporean telecommunications company Singtel has announced that it will be enhancing its suite of quantum-safe offerings to help enterprises fortify their defenses against cyber threats and scale more securely in the quantum age.

The Victoria Racing Club has been hit by ransomware, with the Medusa group claiming credit for gaining access to the organisation's network on 13 June.

Demonstrates continued momentum and ecosystem expansion following a strong 2023

COMPANY NEWS: Illumio has announced John Kindervag is joining the company as chief evangelist. With over 25 years of experience as a practitioner and industry analyst, Kindervag is one of the world's foremost cybersecurity experts and is known for creating the transformational zero trust model of cybersecurity. At Illumio, Kindervag is responsible for driving the adoption of zero trust segmentation through high-touch advocacy and forward-thinking thought leadership.

IoT communications provider Myriota has appointed Mike Kerrigan to the role of chief commercial officer.

Cloud-native network detection and response specialist ExtraHop's new ExtraHop IDS integrates with the ExtraHop Reveal(x) platform to simplify intrusion detection.

IT infrastructure services provider Kyndryl and Nokia have announced a three-year extension and expansion of their global network and edge computing partnership, with a focus on developing and delivering industry-leading LTE and 5G private wireless services and Industry 4.0 solutions to customers worldwide.

COMPANY NEWS: Rubrik, the zero trust data security company, today announced it has surpassed US$500 million in software subscription annual recurring revenue (ARR). Additionally, the company achieved a net dollar retention rate of greater than 140%, a testament to Rubrik’s ability to retain customers and expand within its customer base.

Palo Alto Networks research find Australians blame executives more than tech workers when their organisation is attacked.

Research conducted for security vendor Palo Alto Networks has found 92% of Australians want someone to be held liable when a local company is breached in a cyber attack, and half of them think that that person should be a board director or a C-suite executive.

Worldwide network security market maintained its ongoing rebound from the 2020 pandemic-induced recession with the eighth consecutive quarter of stronger revenue growth and the sixth quarter of double-digit revenue growth, according to market research firm Dell’Oro Group.

Security specialist Rubrik has appointed Arun Dharmalingam to the role of vice president of EMEA and APAC channels, alliances and global system integrators.

The national association for the Australian fintech startup community FinTech Australia has signed up five new major corporate partners, securing a total of 11 partnerships within the past five months. 

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute has found that 17 countries are responsible for most of the disinformation spread through Twitter, none of which are from the Five Eyes grouping. Europe is largely absent too. Who knew?

Australia ranks number one in Asia Pacific for most ransomware attacks, and seventh globally according to new research which reveals that 37% of all attacks on Australian organisations targeted the commercial and professional services sector.

Cloud identity security provider ThycoticCentrify has appointed Wahab Yusoff to the role of APAC vice president.

Digital infrastructure company Equinix launches Network Edge in its Melbourne campus, joining Sydney as the second location in Australia.

Data and AI company Databricks has appointed Naveen Zutshi, as the company’s Chief Information Officer (CIO).

Enhancements to Rubrik's cyber resilience solutions are said to improve ransomware preparedness, as well as allowing faster response and recovery.