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Air New Zealand takes zero-trust to the skies

Justin Hendry — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 07:34:09 +0000

“Privileged access management is a core pillar of our cybersecurity program going forward,” said Phil Ross, chief information security officer at Air New Zealand — an airline handling sensitive customer data, including millions of frequent flyer accounts. “We need to earn customers’ trust back,” he said during the latest episode of Identity Inside/Out: Getting identity...

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Rising cyber breaches demand urgent board leadership

Justin Hendry — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 01:33:25 +0000

With 76,000 cyber crimes last year, roughly one incident every 7 minutes, Australian boards are struggling to address the social impacts of organisational security breaches in the face of complex inbound critical infrastructure legislation and emerging connected devices. Chief information security officers’ (CISOs) concerns regarding security gaps are not getting the attention they deserve from...

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Balancing cyber risk and digital citizenry in higher ed

Justin Hendry — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 08:49:59 +0000

Chief information security officers should refrain from imposing singular security policies on university environments as security boundaries shift to the users, a trend accelerated by the pandemic and breaches to identity management systems inside Optus and Medibank. In institutions like Flinders University, securing virtual borders requires balancing digital citizenry with a user-centric approach that puts...

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Rapid acceleration of digital health comes with a security focus

Justin Hendry — Tue, 16 May 2023 05:16:55 +0000

The pandemic has instigated a step change in how Australians access healthcare. Australia has had the infrastructure in place for a decade, with the launch of My Health Record and the transformation of it into an opt-out service four years ago. But it took the pandemic for most Australians to properly embrace and support digital...

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NSW’s digital ID platforms are a north star for Canberra

Justin Hendry — Thu, 04 May 2023 08:20:12 +0000

Despite a recent security breach, the NSW Digital Driver Licence (DDL) has reached 77 per cent adoption across the state, driven by its ease of use and the necessity of citizens to interact digitally with the government during the pandemic. With the same legal status as the plastic driver’s licence, the DDL’s novel pairing of...

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Embracing next-gen identity security to entice top talent

Justin Hendry — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 08:12:58 +0000

Attracting and keeping world-class talent in a post-pandemic world is transforming identity security programs with a hyper focus on treating employees on the same level as customers, irrespective of location or time zone.  With 50-year lows for unemployment at 3.4 per cent in Australia, organisations are driving digital transformation initiatives to attract top-notch talent.   According...

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