Although Australia has been reported as one of the most cybersecure countries in the world, our complacency may be letting us down – according to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, the number of data breach notifications attributed to ransomware attacks increased by more than 150 per cent between January and June 2020 compared to the previous six months. Historically speaking, hackers tend to target smaller businesses which don’t have adequate resources in

We had briefly mentioned cybersecurity as a potential issue in one of our last blog posts (which discussed the trend of more people working from home), but considering the enormous risk that it poses to businesses at the moment we thought it was worth going into a bit more detail. As we reported previously, cyber-attacks tend to go up dramatically during an economic crisis (or any crisis, really). This is primarily due to two reasons: 1. Cyber criminals try to take advantag

By Elaine Doyle Would leaking of sensitive documents cause irreparable damage to your organisation’s reputation? Recently we've seen two stories of governments carelessly allowing sensitive information to find its way into the public domain. The media relish these stories and they have caused embarrassment to companies, government departments and their leaders. The leaking of sensitive organisational information can damage an organisation’s reputation and credibility and brin

According to the Allianz Risk Barometer 2016 report, cyber incidents (IT failures, data breaches and cyber crime) are emerging as the top future risk to business reputation across the globe. This was supported by the findings of the annual BCI Horizon Scan report released in early February. The BCI report found that 85% of business continuity managers fear the possibility of a cyber attack, with most also worried about the effects of unplanned IT outages and data breaches. It

“The cyber threat to Australian organisations is undeniable, unrelenting and continues to grow.” This is the opening line of the Australian Government’s Cyber Security Centre Threat Report for 2015 – and it’s matched by the opinions of cyber experts around the world: attacks are only going to get more frequent and more costly. Only earlier this month we saw ISIS take credit for the hack and release of personal details of hundreds of Australian military, political and diplomat