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Australian CIOs well aware of internal security risks and plan to do more
Breach Prevention

Australian CIOs well aware of internal security risks and plan to do more

The battle of the breach continues to play out and at least 87% of Australian CIOs have experienced a breach in their own company.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Mon, 26th Feb 2018
Breach prevention better than cure for NDB regulations, says Aleron
Breach Prevention

Breach prevention better than cure for NDB regulations, says Aleron

As the Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Act comes into effect, Aleron stresses prevention over cure to avoid hefty fines and loss of trust.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Wed, 14th Feb 2018
Now's the time for Aussie firms to review their security, say vendors
Security Information and Event Management

Now's the time for Aussie firms to review their security, say vendors

Australians simply aren't prepared for the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme, even just with less than two weeks to go before the scheme takes effect.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Mon, 12th Feb 2018
Applying best practice identification to prepare for Notifiable Data Breaches
Breach Prevention

Applying best practice identification to prepare for Notifiable Data Breaches

The NDB scheme will mean businesses could be facing penalties of up to $360,000 for individuals and $1.8 million for body corportates.

By Chris Hockings • 5 min read • Mon, 5th Feb 2018
NSW hacker to appear in court seven months after GoGet data breach
Breach Prevention

NSW hacker to appear in court seven months after GoGet data breach

Popular car sharing service GoGet has been hit by a massive data breach that may affect all users who joined prior to July 27, 2017.

By Sara Barker • 4 min read • Wed, 31st Jan 2018
How businesses can prepare for the Notifiable Data Breaches legislation
Firewalls

How businesses can prepare for the Notifiable Data Breaches legislation

Australian organisations are likely to embrace mandatory data breach reporting requirements and most businesses believe it should be mandatory.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Tue, 23rd Jan 2018

Global Stories

Data breach stories

Facebook breach of 50 MILLION profiles: What we know so far
Data Analytics

Facebook breach of 50 MILLION profiles: What we know so far

A whistleblower has uncovered the practices of his illicit company, which include stealing the details of 50m Facebook users to help Trump's campaign.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Mon, 19th Mar 2018
Engineer says Emirates is virtually handing customer data to hackers
Storage

Engineer says Emirates is virtually handing customer data to hackers

After the allegations about Emirates' customer data policies emerged, High-Tech Bridge ran a test on the site's security - with interesting results.

By Ashton Young • 4 min read • Fri, 9th Mar 2018
Expert: Farce involving Russia's US elections breach needs resolving
Breach Prevention

Expert: Farce involving Russia's US elections breach needs resolving

Multiple US officials have announced the intelligence community had evidence that states had been compromised by Russia but didn't tell anyone.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Mon, 5th Mar 2018
EU companies least prepared for GDPR with just 26% fully compliant
Data Protection

EU companies least prepared for GDPR with just 26% fully compliant

Despite the low level of compliance, Forrester Research says these numbers are in fact 'encouraging' for a number of reasons.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Tue, 20th Feb 2018
Equifax ushers new CISO as breach fallout continues
Breach Prevention

Equifax ushers new CISO as breach fallout continues

Equifax has ushered in a new chief information security officer as the fallout continues from the company's massive US data breach last year.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Wed, 14th Feb 2018
Surprise - the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games were hacked
Breach Prevention

Surprise - the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games were hacked

Games organisers have reportedly admitted that its servers had been attacked, forcing them to shut down the official website.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Mon, 12th Feb 2018
Expert opinion: Three simple ways to prevent data loss
Encryption

Expert opinion: Three simple ways to prevent data loss

IBM estimates the cost of a data breach is $3.62m, highlighting the importance of encryption - COMPAREX UK's expert on the matter provides his advice.

By Alex Dalglish • 4 min read • Fri, 9th Feb 2018
Mega breach: 800,000 Swisscom customers' data stolen via hacked partner
Breach Prevention

Mega breach: 800,000 Swisscom customers' data stolen via hacked partner

Experts say while Swisscom may be playing the huge breach down, the implications of the breach will be far and wide.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Fri, 9th Feb 2018
Personal details of 12,000 social media 'stars' leaked in avoidable breach
Breach Prevention

Personal details of 12,000 social media 'stars' leaked in avoidable breach

Octoly was informed of the exposed cloud repository on January 4th, yet the personally identifiable information was not secured until February 1st.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Tue, 6th Feb 2018
Why the C-suite must not be exempt from cyber defense training
Phishing

Why the C-suite must not be exempt from cyber defense training

Some C-suite executives do not think they need training or education to spot attacks because they don't think they would ever fall for an attack.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Wed, 31st Jan 2018
Singapore Cybersecurity Challenge winners laud UK 'Masterclass' experience
Breach Prevention

Singapore Cybersecurity Challenge winners laud UK 'Masterclass' experience

The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) has congratulated participants in last year's Cyber Security Challenge UK Masterclass Finals.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Wed, 17th Jan 2018

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