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Global Cyber Attacks to Double from 2020 to 2024, Report Finds

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Global Cyber Attacks to Double from 2020 to 2024, Report Finds

On the first day of Cybersecurity Awareness Month in the U.S., research has revealed that the number of significant global cyber attacks in 2024 will be double that of 2020. A new report from insurer QBE, Connected Business: digital dependency fuelling risk, predicts that organisations will be hit by 211 disruptive and destructive cyber attacks this year. Disruptive incidents are reversible and only impact data availability, integrity, or access — such as distributed denial-of-service attacks….

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Navigating Change: The Power of Digital Resilience to Transform Networks

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Navigating Change: The Power of Digital Resilience to Transform Networks

Users don’t want excuses when it comes to digital experiences. They expect their devices, apps, and services to work―period. And these experiences matter; when they don’t meet expectations, the success, reputation, and brand identity of every modern organization is at risk. But as the scope of IT teams grows to encompass truly global area networks, consistently great experiences are harder than ever to achieve. In today’s hyper-distributed environment, it’s impossible to build and operate secure,…

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Safe and trustworthy AI is a shared responsibility

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Safe and trustworthy AI is a shared responsibility

In an era where artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming industry and society, collaboration between the public and private sectors has never been more critical. Trust and safety are ultimately on the line.    Cisco is a proud signatory and supporter of the EU AI Pact, outlining shared commitments around implementing appropriate governance, mapping organization’s high-risk use cases, and promoting AI literacy and safety for workers. Each of these measures plays an important role in fostering…

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Security Leaders Consider Banning AI-Generated Code

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Security Leaders Consider Banning AI-Generated Code

One of the most-touted benefits of the proliferation of artificial intelligence is how it can assist developers with menial tasks. However, new research shows that security leaders are not entirely on board, with 63% contemplating banning the use of AI in coding due to the risks it imposes. An even larger proportion, 92%, of the decision-makers surveyed are concerned about the use of AI-generated code in their organisation. Their main concerns all relate to the…

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Australian IT Spending to Surge in 2025: Cybersecurity & AI Focus

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Australian IT Spending to Surge in 2025: Cybersecurity & AI Focus

New Gartner forecasting suggests that IT spending in Australia will surge 8.7% to AU$147 billion in 2025. This boost in spending is projected to be driven by a “perfect storm” of interest in AI, ongoing requirements around cyber security, and the need to refresh hardware as Windows 10 goes out of service, Gartner representatives say. Strategic investments in cyber security and AI In an interview with TechRepublic, Andy Rowsell-Jones, Gartner distinguished VP analyst, said that…

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DuckDuckGo Joins AI Chat, Promises Enhanced Anonymity

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DuckDuckGo Joins AI Chat, Promises Enhanced Anonymity

Image: Andy Wolber/TechRepublic, screenshot of Duck.ai DuckDuckGo, a search company, launched a free and anonymous AI Chat service in June 2024. AI Chat joins DuckAssist, which generates answers based on Wikipedia, as a way to explore topics with AI. AI Chat operates with the widely used prompt-and-response process popularized by OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini. But DuckDuckGo’s AI Chat seeks to minimize potential privacy concerns by design. AI Chat offers anonymous access: No account, username,…

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Low Media Literacy: A Risk to Australia's Cybersecurity Landscape

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Low Media Literacy: A Risk to Australia's Cybersecurity Landscape

A recent study by Western Sydney University, Adult Media Literacy in 2024, revealed worryingly low levels of media literacy among Australians, particularly given the deepfake capabilities posted by newer AI technologies. This deficiency poses an IT security risk, given that human error remains the leading cause of security breaches. As disinformation and deepfakes become increasingly sophisticated, the need for a cohesive national response is more urgent than ever, the report noted. Because AI can produce…

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Report Highlights Rising Risks in Sensitive Data Management

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Report Highlights Rising Risks in Sensitive Data Management

The volume of sensitive data that companies are harbouring in non-production environments, like development, testing, analytics, and AI/ML, is rising, according to a new report. Executives are also getting more concerned about protecting it — and feeding it into new AI products is not helping. The “Delphix 2024 State of Data Compliance and Security Report” found that 74% of organisations that handle sensitive data increased the volume kept in non-production, also known as lower, environments…

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Australian Enterprises Coming 4th in 2024 Global Survey of Generative AI Usage

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Australian Enterprises Coming 4th in 2024 Global Survey of Generative AI Usage

Australian organisations have ranked fourth in an assessment of how widely enterprises in 16 countries are using and implementing generative AI. The survey, conducted by data analytics firm SAS, found that 63% of Australian businesses are now using generative AI. The findings, based on responses from 1,600 global AI and data analytics decision makers, found that Australian generative AI usage is ahead of the global average and that Australia is leading the pack when it…

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