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Exabeam Enhances Compliance Portfolio with Completion of IRAP Assessment in Australia

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수요일, 11월 29, 2023
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Exabeam , a global leader in cybersecurity that delivers AI-driven security operations, today announced the successful completion of an Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) assessment at the Protected level for the Exabeam Security Operations Platform.

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  • Exabeam , a global leader in cybersecurity that delivers AI-driven security operations, today announced the successful completion of an Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) assessment at the Protected level for the Exabeam Security Operations Platform.
  • The successful completion of the IRAP assessment serves as a baseline evaluation of Exabeam's adherence to the Australian Government's Information Security Manual (ISM).
  • The AI-driven Exabeam Security Operations Platform underwent a rigorous independent assessment by an IRAP assessor, demonstrating alignment with the Protected level of security requirements.
  • For more information about Exabeam and its completion of the IRAP assessment, please visit our blog .

Zimperium launches Australia's first and only sovereign-hosted mobile threat defense (MTD) capability

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월요일, 11월 6, 2023
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CANBERRA, Australia, Nov. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Zimperium, today announced it has taken the next step in supporting the Australian government, by initiating an IRAP assessment of its Mobile Threat Defense™(MTD) solution in a sovereign Australian data centre—enabling agencies and critical infrastructure organizations to seamlessly adopt mobile threat defense capabilities to detect mobile breaches and protect data.

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  • CANBERRA, Australia, Nov. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Zimperium , today announced it has taken the next step in supporting the Australian government, by initiating an IRAP assessment of its Mobile Threat Defense™(MTD) solution in a sovereign Australian data centre—enabling agencies and critical infrastructure organizations to seamlessly adopt mobile threat defense capabilities to detect mobile breaches and protect data.
  • Zimperium is not new to the market, having provided mobile threat defense capabilities for many years to multiple, high-profile government departments at both the federal and state level.
  • Zimperium MTD closes the visibility gap on mobile, providing advanced detection capabilities beyond mobile device management (MDM) to identify and prevent mobile cyberattacks.
  • Zimperium MTD enables organizations to better understand vulnerabilities and risk exposure while detecting advanced on-device exploits, phishing, mobile malware in apps and network-based attacks in a mobile-centric world.

Trinity Cyber Expands Global Operations to Meet Growing International Demand

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화요일, 9월 5, 2023
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Trinity Cyber, Inc., a technology innovator that is providing groundbreaking network security services, today announced its first of many new global expansions into Australia with the creation of a wholly-owned subsidiary headquartered in Canberra and a partnership with CyberCX, Australia and New Zealand's leading cyber security services company. This has been a year of significant growth and milestones for Trinity Cyber. In the face of economic headwinds, Trinity Cyber has achieved a strong track record of success protecting some of the largest US federal agencies, major commercial enterprises, universities, utilities and financial institutions at massive scale and with great effect. As the company continues to solidify its foothold in the market, its game changing technology and services continue to outperform and displace several of the largest tech companies in the cybersecurity industry.  

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  • Trinity Cyber announced its first of many new global expansions to meet growing international demand.
  • To support growing worldwide demand for its revolutionary cybersecurity technology and services, the company has established a wholly owned subsidiary, Trinity Cyber Australia, Pty.
  • According to the Australian Cyber Security Centre Annual Cyber Threat Report , a cybercrime is reported in Australia every seven minutes.
  • "Australia is in the middle of the growing international cybersecurity challenge, and is a global leader in adopting new and innovative technology," said Steve Ryan, Founder and CEO of Trinity Cyber.

Why was TikTok banned on government devices? An expert on why the security concerns make sense

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화요일, 4월 4, 2023
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The move comes after a seven month-long review instigated by Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil into security risks posed by social media platforms.

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  • The move comes after a seven month-long review instigated by Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil into security risks posed by social media platforms.
  • Last week, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew was grilled by US politicians in a more than five hour-long Congress hearing.
  • business partners, other companies in the same group as TikTok, content moderation services, measurement providers, advertisers, and analytics providers.
  • “Where and when required by law” would include the provisions of China’s National Intelligence Law, which came into effect in 2017.
  • It obliges organisations to cooperate with state intelligence agencies, and would oblige Bytedance to share TikTok data from Australia that may be deemed relevant to national security.
  • Read more:
    TikTok tries to distance itself from Beijing, but will it be enough to avoid the global blacklist?
  • In 2020, India was among the first countries to impose a lasting nationwide ban on TikTok (and dozens of other Chinese apps), citing privacy and security concerns.
  • More recently, lawmakers of the European Union were banned from having TikTok on their devices.
  • Australia and its allies are engaged in a so-called grey zone conflict with China; this is where TikTok becomes a major concern.
  • Read more:
    Concerns over TikTok feeding user data to Beijing are back – and there's good evidence to support them

    Australia’s ban on TikTok on government phones is hardly surprising.

  • The decision speaks to the larger issue of balancing national security interests against the trade relationship with our largest trading partner.

Zenoss Launches Australia Cloud Region

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수요일, 3월 15, 2023
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Zenoss Inc., the leader in intelligent application and service monitoring , today announced it has launched a Zenoss Cloud zone for the Oceania region.

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  • Zenoss Inc., the leader in intelligent application and service monitoring , today announced it has launched a Zenoss Cloud zone for the Oceania region.
  • This means all U.S. and EMEA-based Zenoss Cloud services will be available from a dedicated instance in Sydney, Australia.
  • As a part of this certification, Google Cloud Platform has been added to the ASD’s Certified Cloud Services List (CCSL).
  • The Zenoss Cloud Oceania region will be generally available to all customers on March 27.

Shibumi Successfully Completes Australian IRAP Assessment

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화요일, 3월 14, 2023
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SYDNEY, March 13, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Shibumi, a leading provider of strategic portfolio management software for enterprise customers, today announced it has successfully completed the Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP), Australia's most rigorous cybersecurity review. Shibumi's IRAP Assessment was completed at the PROTECTED level of classification under the Australian Signals Directorate's (ASD) Cyber Security program – an extremely high bar for any cloud-based Software-as-a-Service provider.

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  • Shibumi's IRAP Assessment was completed at the PROTECTED level of classification under the Australian Signals Directorate's (ASD) Cyber Security program – an extremely high bar for any cloud-based Software-as-a-Service provider.
  • To achieve this outcome, Shibumi underwent an extensive review process, including an independent audit by an assessor endorsed under the Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP), which is governed and administered by ASD.
  • The security assessment examined the security controls of Shibumi's people, processes, and technology and found that Shibumi met theAustralian Government's stringent standards.
  • The IRAP Assessment is highly respected, and will help give local, state, and federal government agencies and organizations the reassurance they need to feel
    comfortable leveraging the Shibumi platform to support the government's most critical programs of work," said Bob Nahmias, Founder and CEO of Shibumi.

Skyhigh Security Service Edge Completes IRAP Assessment to PROTECTED Level

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수요일, 2월 22, 2023
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Skyhigh Security today announced its Skyhigh Security Service Edge (SSE) portfolio completed the Australian Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) assessment to the PROTECTED security classification level.

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  • Skyhigh Security today announced its Skyhigh Security Service Edge (SSE) portfolio completed the Australian Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) assessment to the PROTECTED security classification level.
  • The new assessment continues Skyhigh Security’s momentum in the federal government, following its previous completed assessment in 2020 where Skyhigh Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) was assessed to the PROTECTED level.
  • Based on the completion of this Cloud Security Assessment, Skyhigh SSE has appropriate controls in place to meet the security objectives defined through the Australian Cybersecurity Centre’s (ACSC) Cloud Security Assessment and Authorisation Framework.
  • The Skyhigh SSE Portfolio includes Skyhigh SWG, Skyhigh CASB, Skyhigh Private Access and other products, integrated into a comprehensive cloud platform.

Australia’s IRAP Assessment Recognizes Boomi To Provide Comprehensive Security Controls

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월요일, 11월 28, 2022
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Boomi , the intelligent connectivity and automation leader, today announced the Boomi AtomSphere Platform has been independently assessed for cloud security against the Australian Governments Information Security Manual (ISM) PROTECTED controls.

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  • Boomi , the intelligent connectivity and automation leader, today announced the Boomi AtomSphere Platform has been independently assessed for cloud security against the Australian Governments Information Security Manual (ISM) PROTECTED controls.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221128005027/en/
    Australias IRAP Assessment Recognizes Boomi to Provide Comprehensive Security Controls (Graphic: Business Wire)
    The assessment was conducted within Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) a common framework recognized by Australian Government agencies to assess a vendors security posture continuing Boomis momentum in the government market.
  • Assessment at PROTECTED level recognizes Boomi to provide comprehensive security controls in system design and operational effectiveness across its low-code integration platform as a service (iPaaS), which includes Master Data Hub, B2B/EDI Management, API Management, and workflow management.
  • Further, it supports commercial outreach with several Australian enterprises recognizing IRAP as the gold standard for cloud security assessment.

Census 2016 website incident, August 9

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월요일, 10월 31, 2022
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Census 2016 website incident, August 9

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  • Census 2016 website incident, August 9
    Yesterday I initiated an investigation into an incident involving the Census 2016 website.
  • My priority in doing so was to ensure that no personal information had been compromised.
  • This incident will now be the subject of a broader review led by the Prime Ministers Cyber-Security Adviser, Alastair MacGibbon.
  • My Office will also continue to work with the ABS to ensure they are continuing to take appropriate steps to protect the personal information collected through the Census.

Application Whitelisting by PC Matic Available in Australia to Prevent Ransomware's Global Spread

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화요일, 10월 5, 2021
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PC Matic announced technical and sales support for its business product line, PC Matic Pro and PC Matic MSP , during Australian business hours.

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  • PC Matic announced technical and sales support for its business product line, PC Matic Pro and PC Matic MSP , during Australian business hours.
  • PC Matic Pro uses the company's patented global whitelisting technology to proactively block cyber threats such as ransomware.
  • About PC Matic: Founded in 1999, PC Matic is an American cybersecurity company focused on affordable preventative solutions to today's cyber threats.
  • PC Matic pioneered the cloud-based whitelist of applications, making application whitelisting affordable and easy to use.