Mimecast Archives - InnovationAus.com

The CISO is a risk management professional

catherine@innovationaus.com — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 05:31:51 +0000

It seems like only a few years ago we were still having the conversation about whether the Chief Technology Officer should sit inside the C-suite. When we look back now, the wisdom of that cultural shift – the embrace of the CTO – is obvious. But with cyberattacks widely believed to be the single biggest...

The post The CISO is a risk management professional appeared first on InnovationAus.com.

Ransomware: Finding an answer to the toughest question

James Riley — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 05:05:28 +0000

“To pay, or not to pay, that is the question…” Any organisation hit by ransomware will face this tough question unless it has robust data backup and recovery practices sufficient to enable a recovery. Contemplating this unfortunate eventuality and rehearsing the response should be part of every organisation’s cyber resilience, but there is a problem....

The post Ransomware: Finding an answer to the toughest question appeared first on InnovationAus.com.

Digital privacy firm Haventec wins the cybersecurity award

catherine@innovationaus.com — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 00:31:29 +0000

Sydney digital privacy firm Haventec has won the cybersecurity award at the InnovationAus 2021 Awards for Excellence in recognition of its globally-patented platform stopping usernames and passwords from being stolen. The InnovationAus2021 Awards for Excellence were presented at a gala black-tie dinner held on Wednesday night at the Overseas Passenger Terminal in Sydney. The cybersecurity...

The post Digital privacy firm Haventec wins the cybersecurity award appeared first on InnovationAus.com.

InnovationAus Awards 2021: Here are our outstanding finalists

James Riley — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 06:27:53 +0000

It is an enormous pleasure to announce the outstanding finalists across 11 categories for the inaugural InnovationAus 2021 Awards for Excellence. Putting this awards program together has been one of the most rewarding things we have done as a publication. For all of the uncertainty of the times, for all of the difficulties of the...

The post InnovationAus Awards 2021: Here are our outstanding finalists appeared first on InnovationAus.com.

InnovationAus 2021 Awards: Cybersecurity finalists

Editor — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 06:14:52 +0000

The cybersecurity defences of many privately-run Australian companies have become a national priority, with the federal government set to soon pass critical infrastructure laws that would allow the government to intervene as a “last resort” when companies are under attack. Meanwhile, Labor’s Tim Watts has been seeking to introduce a bill that would require companies...

The post InnovationAus 2021 Awards: Cybersecurity finalists appeared first on InnovationAus.com.

Like Medicare, Australia’s small businesses need universal Cybercare

Editor — Thu, 30 Sep 2021 03:45:13 +0000

You don’t need to reach for an over-priced report from a Big Four consultancy to understand that cyber-related supply chain risk resides predominantly among Australia’s small and medium sized businesses. This is a reality, if only because of the nation’s disproportionately large numbers of SMBs compared to similar advanced economies. Some 97 per cent of...

The post Like Medicare, Australia’s small businesses need universal Cybercare appeared first on InnovationAus.com.

Call for campaign on cyber critical infrastructure

James Riley — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 21:51:36 +0000

The changes to critical national infrastructure regulation in relation to cyber security will need a coordinated, Australia-wide communications campaign that embraces small and medium sized companies in order to carry maximum impact. Email security and cyber resilience specialists Mimecast’s country manager Nick Lennon says changes to critical national infrastructure legislation in Australia is a positive...

The post Call for campaign on cyber critical infrastructure appeared first on InnovationAus.com.

Critical infrastructure laws impact on cyber

James Riley — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 02:01:02 +0000

Government moves to beef up the security of Australia’s critical national infrastructure (CNI), set out in the Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure) Bill 2020 and introduced into Federal Parliament on 10 December, will impact many companies, institutions and organisations that might not see themselves as being part of critical infrastructure. These organisations should prepare for...

The post Critical infrastructure laws impact on cyber appeared first on InnovationAus.com.

Where AI meets the information discovery challenge

James Riley — Wed, 04 Nov 2020 20:58:28 +0000

The workings of big business and government have come under intense scrutiny in recent times. The Banking Royal Commission revealed multiple instances of malfeasance. The enquiry into Victoria’s hotel quarantine debacle failed to identify who authorised the use of private security firms, despite revealing details of many emails, phone conversations and text messages. Investigations like...

The post Where AI meets the information discovery challenge appeared first on InnovationAus.com.

Email scam spree on the back of COVID

James Riley — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 02:29:34 +0000

The 30 per cent increase in business email compromise attacks that has occurred during COVID is not a surprise given that malicious cyber activity thrives during periods of uncertainty and turmoil, even if the number is alarming, Mimecast’s country manager Nick Lennon says. At least as concerning for business as the increase in raw numbers...

The post Email scam spree on the back of COVID appeared first on InnovationAus.com.