Crypto tells the bad guys what to target
As one of the architects of the popular PGP program, you’d expect Peter Gutmann from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Auckland to be extolling the virtues of encryption for...
View ArticleSecurity Watch: Norse boosts global sales team with new leadership
Live attack intelligence company Norse has appointed David Weier as senior vice president of worldwide sales.
View ArticleBetter security leads to simplification
If there’s one thing we’ve learned about the infosec scene, it’s that there’s no single path great professionals take. For example, Rosie Jessop, the Head of Security for the Office of the CTO in the...
View ArticleSecurity is in the architecture – it’s not a bolt on
As chief of the National Security and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Division for DSTO, Dr Tony Lindsay is well placed to see the country’s threat landscape and provide insights into the...
View ArticleGartner Security and Risk Management Summit – it’s about people and balance
Earl Perkins, Research Vice President in Integrated Security and Risk Strategies, opened the Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit at Sydney’s Hilton Hotel with a statement that summarises the...
View ArticleSecurity Watch: Nuix bolsters leadership team, focus on cybersec policy
Australian-owned cybersecurity, investigation and intelligence technology solution provider Nuix has appointed Rod Vawdrey, a former Corporate Executive Vice President of Fujitsu Limited Global, to its...
View ArticleMobile Security Challenges
There’s been a massive focus on mobile security recently as the proliferation of smartphones and tablets and advent of BYOD has forced IT and security professionals to completely rethink how mobile...
View ArticleSecurity Watch: Bell returns to McGrathNicol as Forensic and Cyber Director
McGrathNicol has announced that Shane Bell will re-join the firm as a Forensic and Cyber Director. Shane has extensive leadership experience and expertise in cybersecurity, cybercrime, fraud, forensic...
View ArticleSecurity Watch: Aronsen Security Group appoints new CSO
Risk, resilience, and security solution provider Aronson Security Group (ASG) has hired Ed Bacco as Chief Security Officer (CSO).
View ArticleSecurity Watch: Fortinet launches new WLAN solutions for secure cloud-managed...
Fortinet has announced that their new FortiAP-S series of cloud-based wireless LAN (WLAN) access points (APs) have been certified for deployment in the ANZ region. They feature Fortinet's cybersecurity...
View ArticleSecurity Watch: Intel Security boosts sales channel with new exec appointment
Intel Security has appointed Richard Steranka to lead worldwide channels at Intel Security. Steranka will report directly to Scott Lovett, senior vice president of Global Sales, Intel Security, and...
View ArticlePeople and culture matter in security: LogRhythm survey findings
There are lots of security reports released every year but most focus on the data coming from Security Operations Centres and various devices and appliances connected to networks. LogRhythm took a...
View ArticleThreat response hampered by information overload – but there is hope
Chester Wisniewski is a Senior Security Advisor at Sophos Canada. He recently visited Australia to speak at the Queensland Police Fraud and Cyber Crime Symposium.
View ArticleThey will get in – Detect and Respond
We now live in the era of mega-breach. Almost every month, some large company sees tens of millions of confidential records exfiltrated from their databases. It doesn’t seem to matter what resources...
View ArticleWatchGuard boosts exec ranks
WatchGuard® Technologies has boosted their global executive team with three new appointments. Andrew Young and Wayson Vannatta joins as vice president of product management and vice president of...
View ArticleThe role of privileged accounts in IT security strategy
A look at almost every mega breach of the last couple of years reveals one thing. Despite all of the sophistication around other security measures, ultimately a privileged account is compromised and...
View ArticleSmarter End-point protection: Stuart McClure from Cylance
A lot of security books are written. Stuart McClure, CEO of Cylance, is the author of “Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets and Solutions”, the best selling computer security book ever sold
View ArticleDropbox seeks to balance the security and usability equation
For many consumers, Dropbox is perhaps their most obvious connection with the cloud after email. We spoke with Patrick Heim, Dropbox’s head of trust and security at last week’s AISA National Conference.
View ArticleThe 5 most important hacks of the last five years
You would get very little argument from anyone that the security threat landscape has changed significantly since the start of this decade. Mega-breaches, ransomware, nation-state threat actors,...
View ArticleCyber criminals are adapting to the changing times. Are you?
Cybercriminals are adapting to a changing world. And while that’s obvious to the everyone working in security, ESETs Chief Research Officer Juraj Malcho wonders whether we are doing enough to adapt to...
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