Commvault has released research suggesting organisations across Australia and New Zealand continue to pay ransomware demands despite uncertainty over whether data will be returned or business operations restored. The company’s [...]
The NSW Auditor-General has tabled a report examining internal controls and governance across 26 of the NSW Government’s largest agencies, finding an increase in repeat issues and weaknesses in oversight [...]
Macquarie Cloud Services, part of Macquarie Technology Group, has signed a Microsoft Datacentre Optimisation (DCO) agreement aimed at increasing its customers’ use of Microsoft Azure over the next three years. [...]
Equinix has launched Equinix Managed Solutions (EMS) in Australia, offering managed private cloud and infrastructure services aimed at organisations dealing with longer hardware delivery times, higher equipment costs and requirements [...]
Recorded Future’s Insikt Group has released its CVE report for July 2026, identifying 85 high-impact vulnerabilities that it says Australia and New Zealand organisations should prioritise for remediation. The group [...]
The Gateway Network Governance Body (GNGB), working with industry partners, will host “Operation Honey Bee 2026”, a superannuation cyber security incident response exercise scheduled for this month. GNGB CEO and [...]
A showcase conference celebrating 50 years of Enabling Digital Trust and Leading What Comes Next. Held 6 August 2026 at the Sheraton Grand Sydney Hyde Park, the landmark event celebrates [...]
Australian startup Quantum Lock says it is using quantum mechanics to verify whether embedded devices in critical infrastructure have been compromised, aiming to provide continuous monitoring rather than relying on [...]
South Australia will establish a Royal Commission into artificial intelligence, with Premier Peter Malinauskas positioning the inquiry as a major examination of how the rapidly advancing technology will reshape the [...]
New research from Experian suggests Australian financial institutions are moving quickly to deploy AI in credit and fraud risk workflows, but many say their underlying data is not ready to [...]
Australian organisations are experiencing cyber incidents at record rates, with 71% of surveyed organisations reporting an incident in the past 12 months, according to MinterEllison’s latest Perspectives on Cyber Risk [...]
Barracuda researchers are warning organisations to treat calendar invitations as a phishing risk, as attackers increasingly abuse iCalendar (.ics) files to bypass controls that focus primarily on email bodies and [...]
By Amit Shingala, CEO, Motadata Read the public accounts of breaches that began with a known software flaw and the same pattern repeats. The CVE had been disclosed months earlier. [...]
Australia’s AI transformation is entering a new phase. The conversation is no longer about experimenting with chatbots or testing isolated proof-of-concepts. Instead, organisations are beginning to ask a far more [...]
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has commenced Federal Court proceedings against Optus Mobile Pty Limited, alleging the telecommunications provider breached its legal obligations during the September 2025 network outage [...]
Monash University has announced a partnership with CyberCX, part of Accenture, to co-design and co-deliver a new undergraduate degree focused on cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. The three-year Bachelor of CyberAI [...]
Small and midsize businesses (SMEs) across Australia and New Zealand are adopting artificial intelligence at high rates, but many remain reluctant to trust it for autonomous cybersecurity decisions, according to [...]
The U.S. Department of War has announced the immediate suspension of Phase II of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program, marking a shift in how cybersecurity requirements will be [...]
Origin Energy has confirmed that customer information has been accessed and disclosed following a cybersecurity incident, with the company working to determine the full scale of the breach and notify [...]
Tony Burnside, SVP and Head of APAC, Netskope In most organisations, AI is now operating at multiple levels. The speed of AI innovation and adoption is forcing security teams to [...]