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Industry leaders call for greater support of women in cybersecurity

Industry leaders urge greater support and inclusion of women in cybersecurity to boost diversity, innovation, and career opportunities ahead of International Women in Cyber Day.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Wed, 27th Aug 2025

Data Protection

HCLTech & Rubrik launch VaultNXT to boost cyber resilience

HCLTech and Rubrik have launched VaultNXT, a platform powered by AI to enhance ransomware detection, recovery, and cyber resilience across enterprise and cloud systems.

By Melvin Hipolito • 3 min read • Wed, 27th Aug 2025

Supply Chain

AI reshapes embedded software as firms face new security risks

AI integration in embedded software rises, with 89.3% using AI coding tools, yet 21.1% doubt their security against AI-specific risks, says Black Duck report.

By Jed Nykolle Harme • 3 min read • Wed, 27th Aug 2025

Digital Transformation

KnowBe4 appoints Joel Kemmerer CIO to lead digital change

KnowBe4 appoints Joel Kemmerer as Chief Information Officer to lead digital transformation and enhance cybersecurity platform capabilities.

By Melvin Hipolito • 3 min read • Tue, 26th Aug 2025

Risk & Compliance

Women call for action to build diversity & resilience in cybersecurity

Women in cybersecurity face ongoing hurdles in representation; experts call for fair promotion, mentorship, and cultural change to boost diversity and resilience.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Sat, 23rd Aug 2025

Firewalls

Thrive launches AI-powered NDR to cut breach costs & downtime

Thrive's new AI-powered Network Detection and Response service helps businesses swiftly identify and tackle cyber threats, aiming to cut breach costs and downtime.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Sat, 23rd Aug 2025

Ransomware

Financial sector faces 25% jump in cyberattacks, led by phishing

Cyberattacks on the financial sector have surged 25% in 2024, with phishing leading and nearly half of employees prone to clicking malicious links.

By Melania Watson • 3 min read • Fri, 22nd Aug 2025

Firewalls

Global ransomware attacks rise as healthcare faces surge in cyber threats

Ransomware attacks surge to 20 daily incidents in 2025H1, with healthcare facing increased cyber threats and hackers targeting overlooked IoT devices worldwide.

By Melania Watson • 5 min read • Fri, 22nd Aug 2025

Ransomware

Financial firms face 25% surge in advanced cyberattacks in 2024

Financial firms face a 25% rise in cyberattacks in 2024, with supply chain breaches and AI-driven phishing posing major risks, says new KnowBe4 report.

By Melania Watson • 3 min read • Fri, 22nd Aug 2025

Application Security

Forrester launches AEGIS to help CISOs secure agentic AI systems

Forrester launches AEGIS, a six-domain framework aiding CISOs to secure and govern autonomous AI agents amid new enterprise risks.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Fri, 22nd Aug 2025

Customer Relationship Management

Workday breach exposes business contact data via CRM attack

Workday has confirmed a breach via a third-party CRM platform, exposing business contact info through social engineering but no core customer data was compromised.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Thu, 21st Aug 2025

Fintech

MoneyMe partners with SEON to boost fraud prevention in lending

MoneyMe partners with SEON to enhance fraud prevention in auto loans, credit cards and personal lending amid rising digital fraud risks in Australia.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Thu, 21st Aug 2025

Stories from Other Regions

Risk Management stories

Malware

AI gives cyber criminals new tools in evolving ransomware threat

Cyber criminals are increasingly using AI tools to enhance ransomware attacks, complicating defences for individuals and organisations alike.

By Melania Watson • 4 min read • Wed, 27th Aug 2025

Email Security

Employee distraction now biggest cyber risk, research shows

Employee distraction now tops cyber risks for organisations, cited by 43% of security pros, surpassing even sophisticated cyber threats, per KnowBe4 research.

By Jed Nykolle Harme • 3 min read • Wed, 27th Aug 2025

Firewalls

Cloudflare launches Australian tools to control & secure AI use

Cloudflare launches new tools in Australia to help organisations monitor and secure AI use, tackling risks from unauthorised employee activity and data leaks.

By Melvin Hipolito • 4 min read • Tue, 26th Aug 2025

Hyperscale

Exabeam appoints Patrick Ibrahim to lead regional sales in Australia

Exabeam appoints Patrick Ibrahim as Regional Sales Manager for Australia to boost security operations and expand market presence in key regions.

By Melania Watson • 3 min read • Mon, 25th Aug 2025

Partner Programmes

Aon Insights Series to address risk & resilience in Auckland

Aon will host its first Insights Series in Auckland, focusing on risk and resilience with leaders addressing complex challenges across industries in 2025.

By Melania Watson • 3 min read • Mon, 25th Aug 2025

Risk & Compliance

SailPoint launches AI-driven platform for rapid app governance

SailPoint unveils AI-powered platform to help enterprises quickly discover, govern, and secure hundreds of applications, boosting identity security at scale.

By Melania Watson • 3 min read • Mon, 25th Aug 2025