Tag: Cybersecurity

While many experts have feared that remote working will increase the risk of breaches, it seems like the majority of Australian professionals working from home has improved their cybersecurity awareness during lockdown.

Despite years of experts trying to convince people to create passwords that are difficult to guess, it seems like many people still haven't got the message.

Hardware-focused IoT authentication services will be an $8.4bn market by 2026, due to the increased use of IoT services, according to a study from ABI Research.

Cynet, an autonomous breach protection platform, has closed its Series B+ round on $18m.

Cybersecurity company Si Consult has rebranded itself to be called SecurityHQ.

Tel Aviv-based cybersecurity company Hunters has bagged $15m in a Series A funding round from Microsoft’s M12 and U.S. Venture Partners.

Over the past few months, the world has had to get used to a new normal. Offices are now largely ghost towns and employees have been settling into a working-from-home lifestyle.

The number of new vulnerabilities in open source packages was down by 20% compared to last year, suggesting cybersecurity efforts are progressing, according to a report from developer-first security platform Synk.

The government in New South Wales has announced plans to launch a new cybersecurity centre in Bathurst to scan for online vulnerabilities across different governmental departments.

Cybersecurity companies may have benefited from the shift to remote working caused by Covid-19, but the growth of the market could be about to slow down as businesses tighten their IT budgets.