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Insider threats, malicious activities perpetrated by individuals with legitimate access to an organisation's systems, pose a significant risk to information security.

Risk intelligence company Flashpoint has published its July Cyber Threat Intelligence Index which shows Australia was in the top 10 countries for ransomware attacks last month.

GUEST OPINION by Michael Bovalino, ANZ Country Manager, LogRhythm:  IT security teams focus their efforts on protecting IT infrastructure from external threats, however it’s becoming apparent that an increasing number are coming from inside.

GUEST RESEARCH: Gigamon, the leading deep observability company, today launched its first State of Ransomware 2022 and Beyond report aimed at providing insights into how the threatscape is evolving and how the severity of the ‘blame culture’ in cybersecurity is escalating.

Australian and Asian legal document and digital solutions provider Law In Order is using security firm Darktrace’s cyber AI platform to protect sensitive client information.

In this article, Tim Macdermid from MarkLogic outlines the steps organisations need to take to ensure the data itself stays secure within the database.

Someone will click on a link in a highly targeted spear phishing campaign; an employee will go rogue and release a password – the keys to the IP kingdom; and Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) will mop up the rest. Then you need the right staff skills to manage this.