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Six preparedness and performance indicators to unlock cyber agility

By John Penn, Security Propositions Architect at BT:  The rapidly evolving cyber-risk landscape sees a cyber attack every six minutes in Australia, with a new wave of threats enabled by AI.1

GUEST OPINION:  In an era where innovation defines industry leadership, artificial intelligence (AI) has rapidly shifted from being a speculative investment to a critical tool for achieving business efficiencies, cost savings, and customer engagement.

The Australian Cyber Security Centre has announced the theme for this Cyber Security Awareness Month as Cyber security is everyone’s business.

Employees in ANZ organisations need to play catch-up against regional colleagues by improving their vigilance in identifying malicious links and other forms of phishing, according to one phishing platform provider.

GUEST OPINION:  Holiday season is here again, yet as we relax, IT security professionals are completing their end-of-year tasks. Their eyes twitch, and anxiety prevails as another December arrives. 

GUEST OPINION:  Holiday season is here again, yet as we relax, IT security professionals are completing their end-of-year tasks. Their eyes twitch, and anxiety prevails as another December arrives. 

Phone calls were the most common contact method used by scammers to target victims in 2021, while text messages were the second-highest contact method used by scammers.

“Let’s talk scams” is the theme adopted by more than 350 partners across government, private and community organisations who have joined the fight against scams in this year’s national Scams Awareness Week.