Written by Steve Moros
DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup, has surged to 3 million downloads in Australia, prompting concerns over data privacy, national security and misuse.
Two-thirds of Australian CISOs see cloud account compromise as the most significant risk to their organisation in the next year.
Australian firms are using AI at scale, but many lack the visibility to stop shadow tools, agentic access and rising incidents.
Australian businesses face a growing insider threat, with a 2022 study revealing 67% of companies grappling with frequent internal security incidents.
BEC cost Australian organisations AUD$81m in a year, yet most ASX-200 firms lack basic email protection, says report.