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87% of Australian workers have improved their cyber hygiene, but threats remain, with fake logistics companies the most common source of scams.

CybeReady has appointed Dirk Rausse as the Regional Sales Director for DACH region to expand partner operations for its security training solutions.

As the region's largest and most digitally mature market, Australia seeing common threats in greater numbers is by no means surprising.

Identity Threat Detection and Response technology extends Proofpoint's people-centric security vision to thwart identity-based breaches, including ransomware.

This has been another extremely busy year for CISOs, with cyber attacks pummelling organisations across the globe.

Organisations often combat threats by placing too much emphasis on technology alone and too little emphasis on people and their behaviour.

According to a Ponemon Institute study conducted, insider threats have increased in both frequency and cost over the past two years.

Varonis appoints Joshua Goodman as Regional Sales Manager for NSW, QLD, ACT, and NZ. He brings a decade of experience in B2B software account management.

Organisations need to be more cognisant of such malicious attacks, and build better cybersecurity posture from a people-centric standpoint.

Proofpoint has announced the launch of its Intelligent Compliance Platform, offering enterprises modern regulatory compliance safeguards.

Proofpoint study reveals organisations struggling to secure new cloud environments and adapt their security strategy to evolving threats.

Proofpoint appoints Evan Dumas as VP for Southeast Asia & Korea to lead the company's business growth in the region and cybersecurity solutions.

As people get better at identifying potential threats in their inbox, threat actors must evolve their methods. Their new M.O? Social engineering.

Varonis, an IT security firm, appoints Zane Lockley as ANZ channel director to build relationships and manage partners in securing valuable data.

One constant that remains as organisations approach a sense of normalcy after a disruptive year is that cyber criminals continue to target and exploit people.

Splunk has named Gary Steele as the company's new chief executive officer, and as a member of the company's board of directors, effective April.

Negligent insiders are the root cause of 56% of incidents while credential thefts have almost doubled and are the costliest to remediate. .

Two-thirds of Australian CISOs see cloud account compromise as the most significant risk to their organisation in the next year.

Proofpoint has observed high volumes of COVID-19 themed threats distributing malware and credential theft campaigns.

Proofpoint and the Ponemon Institute reveal that the cost of phishing attacks has almost quadrupled, with US companies losing an average of $14.8m annually.