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Guest Authored by Mark Jones, Associate Managing Director in Kroll’s Cyber Risk practice, and Cem Ozturk, Managing Director in Kroll’s Business Intelligence and Investigations practice While there’s no shortage of commentary around cyberattacks perpetrated by external actors, insider threats—that is, those committed by people within the business such as current or former employees—don’t make the… Continue reading Insider threats: How to protect your organisation from an inside job

Guest authored by Brooke Jamieson, Head of Experiences at smart spaces platform PlaceOS. The pandemic has accelerated two ongoing trends: a decline in the traditional use of real estate, particularly retail, and an increasingly flexible approach to work. For example, a recent Retail Market Overview by JLL reported that vacancy across the Australian core retail… Continue reading Opinion: Empty retail spaces should be the workplaces of the future

Guest authored by Robert Francis, Australian Managing Director of investing platform eToro. Two of the globe’s biggest tech powerhouses, Apple (AAPL) and Tesla (TSLA) made headlines recently when they undertook a stock split in August.   Apple split its stock on a 4-for-1 basis and Tesla split its stock 5-for-1. But what does this actually mean?… Continue reading Stocks Splits: What are they and why should investors care?

Guest authored by Jason Toshack, General Manager ANZ at Oracle NetSuite So far, 2020 has been a challenging year for many Australian businesses. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) found that two-thirds of Aussie businesses have reported a decrease in revenue compared to last year. Business leaders have had to adapt fast, including re-thinking how they… Continue reading Three ways businesses can build resilience

This article was guest authored by Mark Lenhard, CEO of Invoice2go. The past few months have presented some of the toughest challenges many Australian small business owners and contractors have, and perhaps will ever, face. From extended lockdowns and social distancing restrictions to customer disruption and economic hardship, much of the small business community’s attention… Continue reading Scale up or streamline, back to basics or diversify? Key questions in the ‘new normal’