Washington Post investigating cyberattack on journalists’ email accounts
The Washington Post is investigating a cyberattack on email accounts of some of its journalists, according to a source familiar with the matter and an…
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NSW rolls out bodycams to Safe Work inspectors
The NSW government is to start rolling out body-worn video (BWV) cameras for SafeWork inspectors carrying out workplace investigations. The deployment follows lobbying from the…
ASIC inquiry to tackle ASX tech “incidents”
Five key technology system “incidents” at the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in the past decade has prompted a fresh inquiry by the Australian Securities and Investments…
CBA looks to GenAI to assist 1200 ‘security champions’
CBA is looking to support its security engineers as well as 1200-plus “security champions” embedded across the bank with generative AI tooling that is currently…
WestJet probes cyber security incident
Canada’s WestJet Airlines is investigating a cyber security incident that has disrupted access to its mobile app and some internal systems, affecting an undisclosed number…
Microsoft lays out data protection plans for European cloud customers
Microsoft said data stored by its European cloud customers would stay in Europe, under European Law, with operations controlled by its local personnel, and under…
Lanrex identifies “big gaps” in Australian businesses’ cybersecurity
Australian organisations are vulnerable to cybersecurity attackers taking advantage of single points of failure, lack of continuous monitoring and insufficient adoption of security, says local…
Quorum using AI to achieve “huge” cyber time savings for Australian businesses
Australian organisations previously overwhelmed by cybersecurity alerts are finding significant time savings thanks to Quorum’s AI-driven approach. By integrating Microsoft’s Security Copilot, Quorum is helping…
AWS to expand data centres in Sydney and Melbourne
Amazon will spend $20 billion between now and 2029 on data centres and related support infrastructure, such as renewable energy. AWS CEO Matt Garman and…
Why GRC is now crucial to prioritising security budgets
Governance, risk and compliance (GRC) frameworks are now crucial in helping businesses prioritise cybersecurity investments, said Canary IT at the recent CyberSecure Summit in Sydney,…
ANZ consolidates operational risk into ServiceNow
ANZ Banking Group is migrating its entire non-financial risk portfolio to ServiceNow, in a move to strengthen operational resilience across its enterprise technology stack. Over…
ABS “extensively” tests AWS-based occupation autocoder for June launch
The Australian Bureau of Statistics is readying a new cloud-based tool that can consistently and accurately assign occupation codes to free text responses in time…