Displaying items by tag: Cybersecurity

GUEST RESEARCH:  Global Survey Finds Security Tool Sprawl Driving Cyber Risk and Overwhelming IT Teams, with 67% of Australian Professionals Managing Too Many Tools

BlueVoyant’s new Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) management offering, powered by SBOM leader Manifest, enables organisations to efficiently analyse and reduce third-party risks from commercial software

GUEST OPINION:  With Australia’s new ransomware disclosure laws taking effect this week, it is critical that businesses determine if their company needs to report.

New Platinum Tier, Streamlined Deal Registration, and Enhanced NFR Access to Products and Services Help Drive Growth and Partner Profitability

COMPANY NEWS:  WatchGuard receives top marks from partners for ease of doing business, quality of account management, focus on building profitability, and commitment to partners.

GUEST OPINION:  When China’s DeepSeek AI technology was unveiled to the world back in January, it took many in the technology sector by surprise.

Veteran Leader to Spearhead Barracuda’s Channel Strategy, Accelerating Growth and Engagement Across Partner Ecosystem

The mobile phone in your hand may feel secure, but could someone be secretly listening in on your conversations?  According to cybersecurity expert Vidit Sehgal, founder of Australian mobile tech firm V4 IT, the answer is yes and many people don't even realise it's possible.

Delivering peace of mind with layered security, co-managed services and a unified management platform, SonicWall is helping partners grow services profitably through its continued innovation leveraging next generation firewall

COMPANY NEWS: SonicWall today unveiled a full suite of products and services purpose-built to empower and meet the evolving needs of Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and their customers with end-to-end cyber protection and profitable service expansion. At the core of this unveiling are new next-generation mid-range and high-end firewalls (NGFW) built for medium-sized businesses with embedded advanced threat protection.

By Christiaan Beek, Sr Director Threat Analytics, Rapid7: When was the last time you had a serious conversation about cybersecurity that didn’t touch on ransomware.

Netpoleon, a leading value-added distributor of cybersecurity solutions, has been appointed as the official distributor for SailPoint across Australia and New Zealand (ANZ). This partnership extends the existing collaboration between the two companies from Asia into ANZ, further strengthening SailPoint’s channel ecosystem in the region.

Global telco Vodafone and US cybersecurity specialist Fortinet have announced an expanded global partnership, to extend their converged networking and cybersecurity services to additional countries across Europe and Asia, as well as the US.

COMPANY NEWS:  Genetec Inc. (“Genetec”), the global leader in enterprise physical security software, today announced it has been assessed to align with the Australian Cyber Security Centre’s (ACSC) Essential Eight threat mitigation requirements, as verified by CyberCX.

GUEST RESEARCH:  Report reveals the most deceptive email subjects end users click, with internal communications driving 60% of phishing failures

Rackspace Cyber Recovery Cloud powered by Rubrik Enables Organisations to Restore Critical Operations Faster and More Securely than Traditional Offerings in the Event of a Cyber Attack

OPINION - WORLD PASSWORD DAY:  strengthen your passwords to keep your data safe and it’s a day dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of password security and promoting good password practices to enhance your online security.

Cybersecurity management vendor Check Point is expanding its services for Security Operations Centre workers focusing on external riskss such as stolen employee credentials, social media impersonation, and fake websites. This builds on its acquisition last year of Cyberint, a startup specialising in threat intelligence, digital risk protection, and attack surface management.

Former CIA director George J. Tenet has joined the Board of Directors of the breach containment company Illumio.

South African telco MTN Group has revealed that it recently suffered a security breach that affected the personal datas of customers but maintains that its critical infrastructure was not compromised.

COMPANY NEWS: 

• Experienced security leader joins BeyondTrust to drive innovation and strengthen identity security leadership
• Sean Malone brings deep expertise in offensive security, cyber risk, and threat management to CISO role