Newsletter: 19 January 2021 Hot areas we are seeing: Application Whitelisting (Allowlisting) Security awareness training Micro segmentation for zero trust Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Privileged Account Management Essential 8 compliance key for government business A new year and new focus on cyber risk and assurance. We have...
Toughens cyber stance. APRA has unveiled a new cyber security strategy and flagged it will step up its review of current cyber compliance, holding boards accountable for shortfalls. The prudential regulator’s cyber security strategy for 2020 to 2024 seeks to lift cyber security standards and introduce heightened...
Angus Grigg and Jemima Whyte Nov 24, 2020 – 12.01am The $8.7 million cyber hit on Sydney hedge fund Levitas Capital was one of almost 2000 similar hacks over the past five months, according to federal government figures that show a doubling in this style of attack. The spike in cyber crime...
James EyersSenior Reporter Nov 26, 2020 – 11.38am The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has delivered an unequivocal, strident warning to banks, insurers and super funds – and their boards of directors – that cyber security requires a much more intense focus, ordering urgent audits be conducted against...
Yolanda RedrupReporter Nov 23, 2020 – 4.27pm Australia's position as a leader of the Five Eyes is firming up, with proposed amendments to the Security and Critical Infrastructure Act giving the Australian Signals Directorate "step-in" powers that cyber experts say put it at the front of the...
Legal services firm Law In Order has been hit by a ransomware attack, with hackers claiming to have stolen data and threatening to publish it if the company fails to pay up within seven days. Law In Order is a major supplier of e-litigation services and...
Lessons provide some post-mortem hints. Toll Group is still mopping up more than nine months after an encounter with ransomware in late January, with the security executive in charge of recovery describing the “very, very long tail from a cyber incident” that victims get caught in. Global...
People and Perpetrators: Breaking the Breach Cycle Description Disrupt the Cyber Attack Kill Chain! Join this informative webinar to get an overview of the effects of Human/User Behaviour on the phases of the Cyber Kill Chain, especially in your Active Directory ManagementThis panel style presentation with Layer 8...
//risky.biz/RB595/ This week’s show is brought to you by Airlock Digital. They make allowlist/safelist software that is actually manageable at scale! David Cottingham, an Airlock co-founder, joins the show this week to talk through a few product updates....
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