Awareness stories

Building strong security culture fundamental, and lacking - KnowBe4
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According to the research, only one third of IT decision makers across Australia know what 'security culture' is, and think their organisation has a good security culture.

How to get cyber insurance – what mid-sized organisations need to know
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Cyber insurance is not a silver bullet to all these woes, but it does provide a significant safety net to organisations that have already achieved a basic level of cyber resilience.

KnowBe4 integrates With Microsoft security products
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The integration will enable KnowBe4 to help reduce risky behaviour with integration to support real-time security coaching.

No cybersecurity training in 1/3rd of organisations: Hornet
Fri, 13th Jan 2023
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New research from a cybersecurity provider, Hornetsecurity, has found that a third of organisations do not provide cybersecurity training to remote workers.

Cyber Aware brings on Dicker Data as Australian distributor
Thu, 12th Jan 2023
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"The appointment of Dicker Data in Australia re-enforces Cyber Aware’s commitment to the channel and its focus on being the global leader."

KnowBe4 predicts rise in 'catastrophic' attacks on CI
Wed, 23rd Nov 2022
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KnowBe4, the provider of the security awareness training, has announced its 2023 cybersecurity predictions from its team of industry experts.

The security awareness training topics to reduce risk and promote a security-compliant culture
Thu, 15th Sep 2022
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It’s critical for businesses to support integrated and ongoing security awareness training that continues to educate end users on how to identify and combat cyber threats, as well as best practices for staying cyber-savvy.

Building a cybersecurity culture in your organisation
Thu, 15th Sep 2022
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The key to creating an effective cybersecurity culture is recognising that people can represent a formidable first line of defence in safeguarding against cyber attacks.

Uptick in utilisation of cybersecurity awareness programs
Wed, 7th Sep 2022
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There has been a marked uptick in the utilisation of cybersecurity awareness programs across all industries in the last year, according to a new report.

Why security must be a priority in the software development process
Tue, 7th Jun 2022
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Ask a typical software developer to name their top priority when writing code, and the answer is likely to be ‘creating new features’. Security is simply not on the radar screen for most developers.

Five tips to combat cyberattacks amidst a land war
Wed, 2nd Mar 2022
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As the world watches the Russian military attacks on Ukraine, it’s difficult to think about normal business operations.

Interview: Mindshift - the Kiwi firm putting the 'people' back in cybersecurity
Tue, 18th Aug 2020
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“If you don't give people the information they need to make good decisions online, you can’t hold them accountable for the mistakes they make."

Australians ignoring cybersecurity policies in favour of productivity
Tue, 7th Jul 2020
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Trend Micro has found that 67% of remote workers have increased their cybersecurity awareness during COVID-19 related lockdowns. However, despite greater awareness people may still engage in risky behaviour, the survey finds.

Organisations' cybersecurity readiness for new regulations still low - ESET
Mon, 11th Nov 2019
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Across all countries surveyed, prioritisation was identified as the biggest organisational cybersecurity challenge (20%).

Upskill your workforce to boost cybersecurity
Mon, 21st Oct 2019
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Damages from cybercrime are projected to hit $US6 trillion annually by 2021, up from $3 trillion in 2015.

Online users giving out social media details too freely - Kaspersky
Mon, 23rd Sep 2019
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The survey revealed that online users in Asia Pacific appear to be willing to share their private information in exchange for various personal gains from social media.

Gartner names Proofpoint leader in security training
Mon, 29th Jul 2019
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Proofpoint’s training modules are built with learning science principles and include self-service customisation, which improves efficacy and ensures longer-term retention of training.

Proofpoint announces new risk profile and training customisation features
Tue, 23rd Jul 2019
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The new features aim to protect organisations’ most attacked people from phishing attempts, malware, and data loss risk, while boosting online training effectiveness.

Cybersecurity: Starting with the human factor
Wed, 3rd Jul 2019
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In a recent report by Dell EMC, it was discovered that data-loss incidents cost Singapore organisations an average of US$1.4 million over 12 months.

Workplace inboxes still plagued by phishing attacks
Fri, 31st May 2019
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Mimecast’s annual State of Email Security report confirms that social engineering is still plaguing businesses, along with other email threats including ransomware and phishing attacks.

Why a cybersecurity awareness week is just not enough
Tue, 24th Jul 2018
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From personal privacy to online scams, it seems almost every IT security-related issue now has its very own awareness week.

NZ firms pick up the pace on cybersecurity savviness
Tue, 14th Nov 2017
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“Over half of New Zealand businesses now acknowledge their risk of falling victim to cybercrime."

Aura InfoSec brings online cybersecurity training tool to all NZ businesses
Wed, 23rd Aug 2017
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if your staff don’t know what a phishing scam looks like, or use work devices in unsecure ways; they’re leaving huge gaps in your security armour."

Webroot takes over Securecast in move to take cyber awareness training to mass market
Wed, 16th Aug 2017
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Webroot has officially acquired security awareness training platform Securecast and has plans to take the new integrated solution to the mass market.