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Banks, telcos and digital platforms are now legally accountable for scam prevention

Australia’s Scams Prevention Framework took effect on 1 July, making banks, telcos and digital platforms legally accountable for scam prevention.

Yajush Gupta · 2 min
News

Security, healthcare, and creative among industries adding jobs as AI takes hold

A report by Legal Guardian Digital examines how AI is affecting jobs across ten industries.

Yajush Gupta · 2 min
Technology

Pirated software is becoming one of Australia’s most common cyber entry points

Matt Caffrey discusses why the free software shortcut is one of the costliest risks in small business today.

Yajush Gupta · 2 min
Technology

Pirated software is becoming one of Australia’s most common cyber entry points

Matt Caffrey discusses why the free software shortcut is one of the costliest risks in small business today.

Yajush Gupta · 2 min
Business Tech

When it comes to security, there is no finish line

Byline: Jim Cook, Regional ANZ Director, Malwarebytes The introduction of the Notifiable Data Breaches Scheme (NDBS) in February 2018 focused the attention of Australian businesses on security. Since that time, there have been more than 800 breaches reported – the majority of them from the healthcare sector. With this focus in mind, the business sector […]

Loren Webb · 2 min
Locked

The current threat landscape for SMBs

Why are businesses failing to invest time and budget into protecting themselves?

Adam Bennett · 2 min
Emerging Tech

Modern Office Automation: what’s possible

‘Office automation’ is a term that arose in the 70s and 80s to describe the way that computers were revolutionising workplaces. These days, our computing power is taken for granted, and office automation now refers to a range of new technologies that are already extremely popular in homes and offices all over the world. If you’re […]

Mike Andrews · 2 min
Cloud

Cutting through the jargon: the three cyber security terms small businesses should know

The importance of safeguarding data is making headlines across Australia due to several high-profile outages and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks in recent months. The Australian government has acknowledged the issue and to tackle it, has placed cyber security firmly in the national agenda with the 2016 federal budget. With Australia strengthening its defences […]

Simon Eid · 2 min
Business Tech

Citrix’s Small Business Bootcamp: Seven Steps to Security Success

Week 5 of Citrix’s Business Bootcamp will empower you to build a secure IT environment without compromising workforce mobility As you move to the cloud and rollout your subsequent enterprise mobility strategy, there is one critical area you must not overlook – IT security. Enabling employees to access data and work on the move from […]

Guest Author · 2 min
Business Tech

Signature for payments to be phased out

Australia’s major financial institutions and card providers have today announced a campaign to expand the use of PIN for payment authorisations on chip-enabled credit and debit cards, instead of a signature.

Stephanie Zillman · 2 min
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Consumers concerned about app security

Australian consumers hold mobile app providers responsible for the security of the personal data collected by the app, according to a new survey.

Gina Baldassarre · 2 min
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eCommerce

How to build trust with your eCommerce customers

With more and more people turning to online shopping, eCommerce can be a lucrative business opportunity – and having an eCommerce business can be a great way to earn an income.

Jo Macdermott · 2 min
Digital

Lessons to take from recent attacks on Facebook and Twitter

The need to address the risks involved in using digital technologies is more important than ever following recent attacks on social media sites, Facebook and Twitter.

Tasnuva Bindi · 2 min
Business Tech

Beware: Six stages of malicious cyber crime attacks

Online security is no longer a simple matter of patching software and keeping your anti-virus solution up-to-date. To put an effective IT security solution in place and secure your business data, you need to have a basic understanding of the six stages of today’s malicious cyber attacks.

Gerry Tucker · 2 min
Growing

Top 10 IT security predictions for 2012

WatchGuard Technologies’ security analysts have announced their 2012 security predictions. Here are their top 10 predictions for the year ahead…

Scott Robertson · 2 min
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Locked

WikiLeaks should be a wake-up call for business

WikiLeaks in releasing sensitive, embarrassing government information and with the threat of a similar fate in store for a US-based bank, has highlighted the need for all businesses to look at the possibility of an employee releasing sensitive information about your company.

David Olsen · 2 min
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Locked

55 percent of small business victims of burglary

The vast majority of Australian small businesses have suffered financially at the hands of crime, with 43 percent of small business owners estimating their losses total up to $10,000.

Paul Hayman · 2 min
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Cashflow

CBA ramps up ecommerce security with VISA and Mastercard

Commonwealth Bank customers now have access to an additional layer of security when shopping online, the NetCode SMS or token – a one-time password issued by the bank.

David Olsen · 2 min
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Locked

Business owners happy, despite employee theft

Employee theft is a big issue for small business owners, with 49.4 percent of small business owners saying that employees had stolen from them in the past.

David Olsen · 2 min
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Locked

Five tips for business mobile phone security

Here are tips that will help businesses both increase productivity with a mobile workforce and minimise the associated risk of information loss.

David Olsen · 2 min
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Locked

Workers reveal their passwords for a free pen

The weakest part of any business computer system is almost always the human being using it with security experts easily convincing workers to reveal their passwords in exchange for a free pen. Cyber criminals are often portrayed as technical geniuses plying their trade through the use of deviously complex computer code. While there is some […]

David Olsen · 2 min
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Locked

Protect your business from online fraud

Online business offers numerous benefits, but also opens up a range of online fraud risks. Here are some of the dangers of online business and the security measures to protect your business effectively and affordably. Problems such as computer viruses, spam emails, identity theft and online fraud get frequent and lurid coverage in the mainstream […]

Angus Kidman · 2 min