Opinion

Opinion

• Driving digitisation: open standards in process automation

  Organisations often can’t take advantage of advances in digital technology due to the lack of interoperability in their IT systems in different facilities, but open standards promise a way forward  Continue Reading

• Who do you trust to censor social media?

  Calls to censor Facebook and its rivals are growing – but society needs to consider carefully the motivations of those making such demands  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Cryptojacking can be costly

  How can organisations best defend against cryptojacking?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Six tips for securing your organisation against cryptojacking

  How can organisations best defend against cryptojacking?  Continue Reading

• IoT security cannot be an afterthought: it must be the foundation of design

  As technologies for the internet of things mature, developers need to make security by design a fundamental part of their products  Continue Reading

• Why businesses must think like criminals to protect their data

  Cyber criminals use three main methods of operation to steal commercial data. Understanding their mindset can help organisations put the right defences in place  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Deal with cryptojacking to avoid security vulnerability

  How can organisations best defend against cryptojacking?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: User vigilance key to cryptojacking defence

  How can organisations best defend against cryptojacking?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Use awareness, education and controls to halt cryptojacking

  How can organisations best defend against cryptojacking?  Continue Reading

• How the IT sector can help plug the cyber security skills gap

  Businesses have a role to play in plugging the cyber security skills gap by engaging with future talent at a young age, providing more role models for under-represented groups, communicating the nature of the threat, and changing their approach to ...  Continue Reading

• SAP licensing – reassuringly expensive?

  SAP’s recent settlement with AB InBev has again put audits and licensing under the spotlight. We look at how to get the best value and avoid fines  Continue Reading

• Better public services – a Beveridge for the 21st century

  A new 'manifesto' from digital government experts lays out a path to delivering the internet-enabled state that's been promised for years but is yet to become a reality  Continue Reading

• SD-WAN needs software-defined security

  Digital transformation is driving organisations to move to the cloud, which requires a new architecture that embraces cloud technology, but that in turn requires a new way of thinking about network security to ensure data is protected  Continue Reading

• Australian firms need to move faster in the digital age

  Just over a tenth of IT professionals in Australia say their companies can roll out a new product in less than three months, despite operating in fast-moving markets with digitally savvy customers  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Fileless malware not totally undetectable

  What should organisations do at the very least to ensure business computers are protected from fileless malware?  Continue Reading