IoT is a significant threat surface. Even devices such as modern smartphones, which are perhaps the first IoT device that hit many of our networks, carry out many actions that are largely invisible to many of us. Other devices were developed with few security controls, where "if it works - ship" rules, into environments where that were never anticipated.
Anthony Caruana | 17 Mar | Read more
It may not be a word that most CISOs use to describe their jobs, but the proclamation of Cisco Systems chief information security officer Steve Martino (read CSO Australia’s interview) that “it’s sexy to be a security person today” resonated strongly with the themes of this year’s Cisco Live! conference in Melbourne.
David Braue | 17 Mar | Read more
There was a time when a crisis was a once-in-a-company-lifetime event that only happened to the unlucky. But today’s world is faster moving and more volatile than ever before.
Anthony Caruana | 16 Mar | Read more
The high-profile distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that brought down Australia’s online 2016 eCensus have dramatically changed the attitudes of Australian executives who, the newly appointed local head of one leading anti-DDoS provider says, are actively engaging with vendors to avoid suffering a similar fate.
David Braue | 15 Mar | Read more
Australia’s mandatory breach disclosure legislation has leapfrogged that in other countries and reflects the government’s world-beating cybersecurity posture, Cisco Systems’ most senior security executive has advised while warning that Australian security innovators must not be afraid to “go for it” to help the country dominate the region’s cybersecurity agenda.
David Braue | 15 Mar | Read more
Continuing high rates of unpatched vulnerabilities highlight the importance of fixing the software industry’s backwards model for security updates, a security analyst has warned as new figures suggest that patches are either being offered immediately or not at all.
David Braue | 14 Mar | Read more
Mark Loveless is a security researcher with Duo, a company focussed on two-factor authentication. He spoke at the CSO Perspectives Roadshow on his journey in the infosec business, where he has worked as both a white-hat and a black-hat hacker.
Anthony Caruana | 14 Mar | Read more
Seamless sharing of new threat information has pushed CSOs to give integrated security platforms more strategic urgency than in the past, a senior Cisco Security executive has warned as the company fills out its own platform offering to address increasing customer demands.
David Braue | 14 Mar | Read more
That's the key theme for this year's CSP Perspectives Roadshow which hits six cities across Australia and New Zealand.
Anthony Caruana | 14 Mar | Read more
Researchers find malware pre-installed on company-issued handsets. Many models are now several years old.
Organisational security capabilities may be improving on a regular basis but a confluence of issues means that security personnel are fighting an ever-widening ‘effectiveness gap’ that is keeping them on the back foot, a senior Cisco Systems security executive has warned.
David Braue | 13 Mar | Read more
Taking on the role of the CISO can be a steep learning curve, particularly when it happens in the wake]] of a large cybersecurity incident. This, as cybersecurity breach posterchild Target appointed a new CISO.
David Braue | 13 Mar | Read more
Overseas success has long been the often-elusive goal of many Australian companies, but one Brisbane startup is seeing doors opening after its participation in an Austrade trade mission to Silicon Valley last month.
David Braue | 13 Mar | Read more
Innovative Australian cybersecurity companies are already chalking up investment wins after just 3 months of concentrated effort by the federal government-spawned Australian Cyber Security Growth Network (ACSGN), the recently appointed head of the organisation has reported – while warning that too many Australian technology buyers are still favouring often less-capable solutions sourced from overseas vendors.
David Braue | 16 Mar | Read more
Australian government agencies and businesses should be ashamed of themselves if they don’t take advantage of a rare perfect storm of support for the local cybersecurity industry, the prime minister’s special advisor on cyber security has advised while noting a “radical” increase in the rate of cybersecurity-related work during 2017 alone.
David Braue | 09 Mar | Read more
CSOs that take a reactive approach to security are setting themselves up to fail in the face of attacks from an increasingly agile and professional cybercrime industry, warned speakers at a packed Security Innovation Day that helped to kick off the Cisco Live! 2017 conference in Melbourne.
David Braue | 09 Mar | Read more
If you're worried about getting owned by hackers, it's probably better to keep your communications to mobile devices.
Mozilla's Firefox 52 hits key milestones in its plan to improve security for users.
If you’re a security executive new to an organization you know better than most that you often suffer from not knowing the state of your security posture and because of this you are forced to operate tactically. What’s needed is a baseline about the current state of your security posture across people, process and technology which ultimately alleviates headaches and allows you to approach security more strategically.
Brian Contos | 07 Mar | Read more
Chief Information Security Officers are a relatively rare breed. Information security is, after all, a relatively recent addition or subset to IT, and while most large organizations now do profess to having a CISO, CSO or head of information security, many still don’t. Indeed, it’s often the case that a company appoints its first CISO in the aftermath of a data breach - like Target did in 2014 or Sony in 2011.
Doug Drinkwater | 07 Mar | Read more