Australian small and medium-sized businesses believe they are less vulnerable to cyber incidents than larger companies, yet the majority of SMEs reported they’d had a cyber incident in the past 12 months. The survey of SMEs by insurance company Chubb…
Businesses can easily apply sensitivity labels to documents and emails to help protect vital information. This feature is built directly into Microsoft Office apps. There’s no need for any special plugins or add-ons. It looks and feels like the familiar…
What Do the New Laws Mean? Australia’s new encryption laws require tech giants such as Google, Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Twitter to help law enforcement agencies obtain the encrypted communications of suspected terrorists and other criminals but this could also flow down to the smallest manufactures and end users. Encryption is a technology used daily to scrambles…
Almost 14 million Australians – well over half our population – now shop online. * During this busy Christmas shopping period protecting any online business has never been more important. The convenience of online shopping brings with it significant cyber risks because of the volume of sensitive data and personal information shared…
A survey by the international IT security company, Datto, has confirmed that ransomware is still the biggest cyber-attack threat to small to medium sized business (SMBs). The survey of 2,400 managed service providers (MSPs) who support the IT needs of…
Independent testing just released has proved that Think Technology Australia’s major supplier of cyber security technology – WatchGuard – offers the best Wi-Fi security available on the world market. The comprehensive study by Miercom – an organisation renowned for compiling…
Australia has reported the biggest rise in cyber attacks than any other country mainly because cyber criminals are attracted by our comparative wealth. Ransomware attacks, which make data and IT systems unusable until those targeted pay a ransom demand, have increased dramatically…
Apart from a few exceptions, Wi-Fi is part of our everyday lives. We expect to be able to use Wi-Fi wherever we go from hotels and airline terminals to restaurants and coffee lounges. Open, public Wi-Fi is just too convenient to ignore. However, it comes with high risks. Public Wi-Fi users are easy prey for criminals. It is very simple for hackers…
A study commissioned by Microsoft highlights the substantial financial effect of cyber attacks on business in the Asia Pacific including Australia. The report, titled Understanding the Cyber security Threat Landscape in Asia Pacific: Securing the Modern Enterprise in a Digital World, polled 1300 people from 13…
The Internet of Things, or IoT, refers to billions of physical devices around the world that are now connected to the internet – all collecting and sharing data. There are already more IoT devices than people living on the planet….
