Business Continuity

After being announced in the US earlier this year, Symantec’s Backup Exec 3600 makes its way down to Australia.

How much damage could a malware infection do in your company? A new study found that cyberattacks cost an average $US8.9m to clean up. This, in the context of a relentless exposure profile that saw Windows 7's malware infection rate climb by up to 182% this year.

Workers have been agitating for bring-your-own-device (BYOD) strategies for some time now, but a new survey suggests many are actually concerned that BYOD – which has already raised security issues and is forcing companies to invest in sophisticated analytics – is giving management an excuse to snoop on their information.

Reports were questioning corporate security culture as KPMG suggested a lack of legislation around mandatory data breach notifications has left many Australian companies tight-lipped on the subject.

By implementing a national multi-factor authentication system Australian citizens will benefit from having the highest levels of online security in the world. This technology may provide a significant competitive advantage to business in securing digital assets and could lead to innovation based export opportunities. The headlines report massive breaches of information that directly expose our financial systems to grave risk. Australia must set the benchmark in secure digital vigilance to safeguard our information security perimeter from existing and potential threats.

In perhaps the most comprehensive roundup on the net, we take a look at cloud storage services for personal and business use from the perspective of the CIO: what they offer, what's important and what to look for.

With data becoming more valuable, the need for security also gets greater. Today’s technology and working behaviours both facilitate data being easily transported. Information is far less static due to home working, multiple office sites, low cost USB storage devices and DVDs. With all these portable devices and data being moved from place to place we must be mindful of data backup.

Trend Micro's SafeSync is an Internet-based storage solution that allows you to upload files and access them from any computer or smartphone (iPhone or Android). It's a very similar service to DropBox, but it offers better value for money.