CISOs in Australia Urged to Take a Closer Look at Data Breach Risks

A leading cyber lawyer in Australia has warned CISOs and other IT leaders their organisations and careers could be at stake if they do not understand data risk and data governance practices. Continue reading CISOs in Australia Urged to Take a Closer Look at Data Breach Risks

Snowflake Arctic, a New AI LLM for Enterprise Tasks, is Coming to APAC

Data cloud company Snowflake’s Arctic is promising to provide APAC businesses with a true open source large language model they can use to train their own custom enterprise LLMs and inference more economically. Continue reading Snowflake Arctic, a New AI LLM for Enterprise Tasks, is Coming to APAC

Cisco’s Splunk Acquisition Should Help Security Pros See Threats Sooner in Australia and New Zealand

Cisco’s Splunk acquisition was finalised in March 2024. Splunk’s Craig Bates says the combined offering could enhance observability and put data to work for security professionals in an age of AI threat defence. Continue reading Cisco’s Splunk Acquisition Should Help Security Pros See Threats Sooner in Australia and New Zealand

Report: Organisations Have Endpoint Security Tools But Are Still Falling Short on the Basics

AI PCs could soon see organisations invest in whole fleets of new managed devices, but Absolute Security data shows they are failing to maintain endpoint protection and patching the devices they have. Continue reading Report: Organisations Have Endpoint Security Tools But Are Still Falling Short on the Basics

Australia Criticized For Ramping Up Gas Extraction Through ‘2050 and Beyond’

Slashdot reader sonlas shared this report from the BBC:
Australia has announced it will ramp up its extraction and use of gas until “2050 and beyond”, despite global calls to phase out fossil fuels. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s government says the… Continue reading Australia Criticized For Ramping Up Gas Extraction Through ‘2050 and Beyond’

LockBit leader unmasked: US charges Russian national

Russian national Dmitry Khoroshev is “LockBitSupp”, the creator, developer and administator of the infamous LockBit ransomware group, according to UK, US and Australia law enforcement agencies. The US Justice Deparment has unsealed charges … Continue reading LockBit leader unmasked: US charges Russian national