KnowBe4’s latest research finds 59% of New Zealand’s IT decision-makers feel the government should be doing more to protect local businesses from cyber attacks.

New research from KnowBe4 has found more Australian employees are being given security training as the country responds to high-profile data breaches.

"The nature of the role, and being accountable for the security and safety of an organisation can be overwhelming."

The poll found that more than 30% of businesses believe that 30% of their budget is being allocated to tools and solutions that are not being used to their full potential.

According to new research from KnowBe4, less than four in ten (37%) Australian IT decision makers say they are concerned about phishing as a risk to their organisation.

Businesses need to keep their prevention and detection technologies top of mind by ensuring that they have the appropriate protective controls in place.

The immediate costs are a trifle when compared to the incalculable, lasting brand, reputation, and business damage that a data security incident causes.

Exabeam has released a new survey finding 46% of all respondents operate more than one cloud or on-premises SIEM platform.

Businesses of all sizes have adopted data loss prevention (DLP) best practices and strategies to minimise risk. However, those with a DLP strategy should understand that it isn’t a surefire way to stop data loss.

Claroty's research team, Team82, has examined the GE Proficy Historian, finding five exploitable vulnerabilities capable of causing damage to the system.

More than 4000 data breaches occurred in 2022 and companies were forced to increase their cybersecurity budget.

Between July and October, Acronis found that the proportion of phishing attacks has risen by 1.3, accounting for 76% of all attacks.

A New-Zealand IT MSP providing services to several government organisations has experienced a cyber-incident that has compromised access to its data and systems.

Reports have revealed that infostealer malware responsible for harvesting corporate data is becoming a growing threat to enterprises and an ideal tool for cybercriminals.

Research from Fastly has found that over three-quarters (78%) of Australian and New Zealand organisations are increasing their cybersecurity spending, but many are still investing poorly.

The data highlights legacy vulnerability remediation challenges, which are the root cause of the majority of data breaches.  

In July this year, the company introduced its unified Identity Security Platform. This has led to CyberArk positioning itself as an Identity Security company.

Delinea says this should come as a warning to APAC organisations, who should examine the U.S. experience to avoid similar issues.

Continued cybersecurity negligence will see more data breaches in 2023, according to cybersecurity and biometrics firm Daltrey.

Today we are joined by Steve Moore who is the Chief Security Strategist at Exabeam.

Digital baggage is every type of data - block, file and object – that is critical to our business. Every component needs to be portable, instantly accessible.

There are so many social media platforms for us to choose from— and the same is true for cybercriminals looking to deploy their next attack.

A recent report by Sophos shows that cybercrooks are hiding (or dwelling) in the networks of smaller businesses for much longer than their larger counterparts.

“The digitalised era comes with plenty of pros, but lots of cons at the same time, with possible data leaking probably being the most dangerous one."