The Morrison Government is getting more Aussies into jobs and lifting the nation’s cyber security capability, with a $26.5 million program opening today. The Cyber Security Skills Partnership Innovation Fund will provide grants of between $250,000 and $3 million to improve the quality and availability
Detecting and preventing fraud: time to raise your game Over one-third of Australian companies have been hit by a fraud in the past two years. Almost one in five have been asked to pay a bribe. Tackling the threat of fraud isn’t a one-off exercise
Cyber criminals will use any and every opportunity to steal money and information. This includes targeting businesses through their data and their employees. A few simple steps can help your business and employees stay safe this tax time. Encourage your employees to: create unique passwords
Digitalization has been revolutionizing our economies and societies for over two decades. Data fuels the digital economy, but it does so best when it can flow internationally. However, country-level data rules are diverse, disjointed and sometimes disruptive to these flows, lowering citizens’ trust in digital
Image: Unsplash The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Kate Carnell has released a free online mental health webinar for sole traders, amid alarming predictions of a dramatic rise in Australian suicide rates due to the economic and social impacts of coronavirus. Beyond Blue ambassador and
Image: Getty Images In addition to the immeasurable suffering and loss of life, the deadly coronavirus is already impacting the world economy, hurting stocks, halting travel and meetings, impacting the daily ritual of going to the office, and quarantining millions. Businesses worldwide are feeling the
Small businesses are easy targets Poor cybersecurity, not competitors, may be the biggest threat to small to medium enterprises (SMEs) and startups in Australia. According to an Australian government report, SMEs are the target of 43% of all cybercrime in Australia. The same report found
SMEs are increasingly moving their data, information, and processes to cloud-based services, due to the benefits in cost reduction and workflow the cloud offers. While cloud-based information storage and management services are touted to improve internal business performance, there are risks involved in cloud storage,
5th generation or 5G is the next generation of wireless technology that represents a complete transformation of telecommunication networks. With the combination of legacy and new technology and infrastructure, 5G is built upon utilizing existing infrastructure and technologies. The goal is to meet the increasing
If you believe everything you read in the media, it is quite clear that data breaches are on the rise. The volume and frequency continue to increase as sophisticated cyber-criminals and state-backed hackers target protected information held by companies and government agencies. Globally, we depend
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