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Beyond the breach: How to preserve your customers' trust
Data Protection

Beyond the breach: How to preserve your customers' trust

Transactions happen online between two entities that will never see each other. This means trust matters even more as physical interactions disappear.

By Graeme Pyper • 4 min read • Wed, 14th Mar 2018
Australian CIOs well aware of internal security risks and plan to do more
Breach Prevention

Australian CIOs well aware of internal security risks and plan to do more

The battle of the breach continues to play out and at least 87% of Australian CIOs have experienced a breach in their own company.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Mon, 26th Feb 2018
Breach prevention better than cure for NDB regulations, says Aleron
Breach Prevention

Breach prevention better than cure for NDB regulations, says Aleron

As the Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Act comes into effect, Aleron stresses prevention over cure to avoid hefty fines and loss of trust.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Wed, 14th Feb 2018
Now's the time for Aussie firms to review their security, say vendors
Security Information and Event Management

Now's the time for Aussie firms to review their security, say vendors

Australians simply aren't prepared for the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme, even just with less than two weeks to go before the scheme takes effect.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Mon, 12th Feb 2018

Global Stories

Data breach stories

1.5 billion confidential data files publicly available - that's more than 12 petabytes of data
Human Capital Management

1.5 billion confidential data files publicly available - that's more than 12 petabytes of data

Credit card data, medical records, payroll data, intellectual property and tax information are all available publicly online with no data protection.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Fri, 6th Apr 2018
OPINON: Counting the broader cost of Facebook's data dilemma
Firewalls

OPINON: Counting the broader cost of Facebook's data dilemma

Barracuda SVP Chris Ross talks about the results of a recent survey they ran following the Facebook fallout to determine the true cost.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Thu, 5th Apr 2018
The 475-day siege: APAC firms' breach detection times are getting worse
Malware

The 475-day siege: APAC firms' breach detection times are getting worse

Asia Pacific organisations take over a year to detect cyber threats, the longest of any region, according to FireEye's M-Trends 2018 report.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Thu, 5th Apr 2018
SURVEY: 70% of customers would leave a business after a breach
Encryption

SURVEY: 70% of customers would leave a business after a breach

A recent study from Gemalto proves it's not just data that is lost following a breach – you'll lose most of your customers too.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Mon, 26th Mar 2018
Zuckerberg admits “we made mistakes” in Facebook data breach
Breach Prevention

Zuckerberg admits “we made mistakes” in Facebook data breach

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has released a statement following the revelation that data from 50 million people was misused.

By Ashton Young • 5 min read • Fri, 23rd Mar 2018
Facebook breach of 50 MILLION profiles: What we know so far
Data Analytics

Facebook breach of 50 MILLION profiles: What we know so far

A whistleblower has uncovered the practices of his illicit company, which include stealing the details of 50m Facebook users to help Trump's campaign.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Mon, 19th Mar 2018
Engineer says Emirates is virtually handing customer data to hackers
Storage

Engineer says Emirates is virtually handing customer data to hackers

After the allegations about Emirates' customer data policies emerged, High-Tech Bridge ran a test on the site's security - with interesting results.

By Ashton Young • 4 min read • Fri, 9th Mar 2018
Expert: Farce involving Russia's US elections breach needs resolving
Breach Prevention

Expert: Farce involving Russia's US elections breach needs resolving

Multiple US officials have announced the intelligence community had evidence that states had been compromised by Russia but didn't tell anyone.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Mon, 5th Mar 2018
EU companies least prepared for GDPR with just 26% fully compliant
Data Protection

EU companies least prepared for GDPR with just 26% fully compliant

Despite the low level of compliance, Forrester Research says these numbers are in fact 'encouraging' for a number of reasons.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Tue, 20th Feb 2018
Equifax ushers new CISO as breach fallout continues
Breach Prevention

Equifax ushers new CISO as breach fallout continues

Equifax has ushered in a new chief information security officer as the fallout continues from the company's massive US data breach last year.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Wed, 14th Feb 2018
Surprise - the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games were hacked
Breach Prevention

Surprise - the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games were hacked

Games organisers have reportedly admitted that its servers had been attacked, forcing them to shut down the official website.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Mon, 12th Feb 2018
Expert opinion: Three simple ways to prevent data loss
Encryption

Expert opinion: Three simple ways to prevent data loss

IBM estimates the cost of a data breach is $3.62m, highlighting the importance of encryption - COMPAREX UK's expert on the matter provides his advice.

By Alex Dalglish • 4 min read • Fri, 9th Feb 2018
Mega breach: 800,000 Swisscom customers' data stolen via hacked partner
Breach Prevention

Mega breach: 800,000 Swisscom customers' data stolen via hacked partner

Experts say while Swisscom may be playing the huge breach down, the implications of the breach will be far and wide.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Fri, 9th Feb 2018
Personal details of 12,000 social media 'stars' leaked in avoidable breach
Breach Prevention

Personal details of 12,000 social media 'stars' leaked in avoidable breach

Octoly was informed of the exposed cloud repository on January 4th, yet the personally identifiable information was not secured until February 1st.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Tue, 6th Feb 2018