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GUEST RESEARCH:  Data sprawl drives spike in cyber incidents across AI, cloud, SaaS, and on-premise environments, according to Rubrik Zero Labs Report

COMPANY NEWS:  Second annual report highlights continued progress in sustainability, product innovation and positive customer impact

GUEST RESEARCH:  Study of 460 Australian Design and Make companies reveals AECO, D&M, and M&E sectors continue to grapple with challenges including cost control, talent shortages and environmental sustainability.

Organisations across Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) are investing in generative AI at higher rates than their global counterparts, but more often experience cost blow outs when it comes to staffing these initiatives.  

• 32% of ANZ organisations are putting more than a quarter of their tech budget for the next 12 months toward generative AI (versus 25% globally).
• ANZ respondents have seen a 44% return on their AI investments. Compared to the global average, organisations in ANZ were more likely to cite enhancing customer satisfaction as a key goal for their AI initiatives (53% versus 43%), and less likely to prioritise internal-facing projects (47% versus 55%).
• The cost of staffing for generative AI in ANZ was more often higher than expected (63% in ANZ versus 48% globally).

GUEST RESEARCH:  New report cites the company’s high customer satisfaction with leading Davis AI engine

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• Total vulnerabilities reached an all-time high of 1,360 in 2024, an 11% increase from the previous record of 1,292 in 2022
• Elevation of Privilege (EoP) and Remote Code Execution (RCE)—primary goals of any threat actor looking to exploit a system—continue to dominate the vulnerability categories year-over-year

While retailers are prioritising speedy and green shipping, consumers are concerned about costs, ShipStation’s latest Delivery Benchmark Report reveals.  A staggering 80% of Australians say affordability is their top priority when shopping online, eclipsing other factors like fast delivery, personalisation, or sustainability. 

GUEST RESEARCH:  Other key findings show an increase in crypto miner detections, a spike in zero-day malware, a drop in endpoint malware, a rise in Linux-based threats, and more.

WatchGuard Technologies, a global leader in unified cybersecurity,  released the findings of its latest Internet Security Report, a quarterly analysis detailing the top malware, network, and endpoint security threats observed by the WatchGuard Threat Lab researchers during the fourth quarter of 2024.

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• Company recognised for aggressive technical innovation and advanced features that focus on a platform solution, offering broad functionality and use case support
• Report highlights BeyondTrust’s strengths in securing cloud environments by enforcing least privilege access, identifying identity-based risks, and mitigating misconfigurations

GUEST RESEARCH:  Qualys has released The State of Cloud & SaaS Security Report. The survey, commissioned by Qualys and conducted by Dark Reading reveals that human error remains the most prevalent cloud and SaaS security risk, despite the growing sophistication of attacker tactics. 

GUEST RESEARCH: Semperis, a leader in AI-powered identity security and cyber resilience, today published the results of a new study looking at cyberattacks against water and electricity operators across the U.S. and UK, which has important implications for the Australian industry.

GUEST RESEARCH:  Delinea, a leading provider of solutions for securing human and machine identities through centralised authorisation, today released its inaugural Cybersecurity and the AI Threat Landscape report.

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GUEST OPINION:  In our digital first economy, organisations hold a treasure trove of valuable data, including product catalogs, pricing models, customer reviews, dynamic content and more—all of which helps differentiate them from competitors. Today, this valuable currency is a prime target for malicious bot attacks. What makes the situation particularly concerning is that the easy accessibility to more advanced attack tools and generative AI models has enhanced bot evasion techniques to the extent that traditional security solutions are being rendered ineffective.

Everything we do these days has shifted to the digital sphere—be it our social interactions with friends, shopping the latest sales online or even starting our own business. These technological advances have opened many doors for us, some good and some bad. So while we may have the ease of ordering things online and having them delivered to our door, it also opens us up to vulnerabilities. And it’s not just us, it’s businesses too.

COMPANY NEWS:  Hitachi Vantara report reveals 84% of leaders fear catastrophic data loss as AI strains infrastructure and 41% say AI is already a critical part of their function

The 2025 State of the Contact Center report shows that balancing efficiency and empathy remains a challenge in the fast-changing customer experience space, with contact centers facing dynamic changes in how they work with AI

GUEST RESEARCH:  New report shows unplanned and cyber incident downtime can cost businesses up to AU$86 billion in Australia and NZ$75 billion

GUEST OPINION:  The cybersecurity landscape in Australia has evolved dramatically. Gone are the days when simple firewalls and antivirus software could keep our digital assets safe. In FY24, the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) received a total of 87,000 cybercrime reports. This meant one cybercrime was reported every six minutes on average.

GUEST RESEARCH:  Most educational institutions lack resources for robust and comprehensive cybersecurity programs