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Critical Cybersecurity Risks in Contec Health CMS8000 Monitor

In today's connected healthcare environment, medical devices are increasingly vulnerable to cyber threats. One such device is the Contec Health CMS8000 Patient Monitor, which has recently been flagged by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) for severe vulnerabilities. These...

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Protective Security Policy Framework 2024: What You Need to Know

The Australian Government's Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF) Released 2024 was launched on November 1, 2024. The new release is the first in an annual series that aims to improve the security of government operations. The recent version of the PSPF...

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The Role of Consulting Firms in Australia’s National Cybersecurity Strategy

Within recent times, cybersecurity has become an urgent issue to governments, companies, and people around the world. With new emerging threats like cyberattacks, data breaches, and ransomware, which are always changing, protecting digital systems has never been more important. For...

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Why Australian Businesses Must Prioritize Compliance with the Privacy Act and SOCI

Data breaches and cyber threats go beyond the status of being merely IT issues today. Businesses, governments, and citizens are all vulnerable to risks in the present world of digits. The options between simply following some guidelines in contemporary Australian...

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Cybersecurity in Crisis: 2024 Sees Breaches Boom and Investigations Bite

Over the past two years, cybercrime rates have skyrocketed both in Australia and worldwide. Recent findings reveal that a staggering 83 percent of organizations have fallen victim to multiple cyber-attacks, emphasizing the critical necessity for fortified cybersecurity defenses. Within just...

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Gaps Galore in Cybersecurity: An APRA Study Reveals

Scores of Australian companies/entities have fallen victim to the machinations of cyber criminals in recent years. The rates of data breaches have risen phenomenally, and every stakeholder, notably the consumer, has become wary of the existing cybersecurity measures taken by...

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Australia the Most Hacked Nation in the World

Cybercrime has spread like wildfire across the entire global digital landscape. The sophistication and skullduggery used by cybercriminals to break into IT systems and cause data breaches are astounding. Although no country is immune from this threat, irrespective of their...

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Patient Privacy Compromised Due to Inadequate Cybersecurity in Healthcare

According to CYE’s first cybersecurity maturity report, the healthcare sector can be put at the bottom of the cybersecurity ladder. Also, notwithstanding the fact that the healthcare sector handles highly sensitive patient data, it still lacks when it comes to...

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Top Cyber Threats Faced by Retailers and the Way to Fight Back

If you think that cybercriminals target only big corporations, think again. The retail sector, of late, has emerged as one of the biggest targets for hackers. The reasons are easy to guess. These include retailers handling a large cache of...

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Highlights of the Report on Internal Controls and Governance 2022

With the all-pervasive menace of cyber crime on the rise, a study was conducted to analyse the internal controls and governance at the 25 largest public sector agencies in NSW, Australia, for the year 2022. The study conducted by the...

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