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Tenable®, the Exposure Management company, today announced it has been named a ‘Leader’ in the GigaOm Radar for Operational Technology (OT) Security. GigaOm Radar reports provide forward-looking analysis that plots the relative value and progression of vendor solutions along multiple axes based on strategy and execution.

In today's interconnected world, operational technology (OT) systems are vital to the functioning of critical infrastructure, including power grids, manufacturing plants, and transportation networks. While it is encouraging to note that 82% of Australian CISOs and executives consider the implementation of some OT security as their top cybersecurity achievement in the past year, there remains a significant hurdle for them to overcome: the absence of comprehensive visibility into the complete asset inventory and the internal workings of these systems.

In today's interconnected world, operational technology (OT) systems are vital to the functioning of critical infrastructure, including power grids, manufacturing plants, and transportation networks. While it is encouraging to note that 82% of Australian CISOs and executives consider the implementation of some OT security as their top cybersecurity achievement in the past year, there remains a significant hurdle for them to overcome: the absence of comprehensive visibility into the complete asset inventory and the internal workings of these systems.

Although TikTok may not be the bogeyman it is made out to be, banning the app on all government-issued devices is a positive step taken by the government to secure sensitive information. However, banning TikTok may be insufficient to protect government systems. While TikTok may pose a security risk, employees with personal mobile devices can still inadvertently interact with government systems, potentially compromising sensitive information.

Updates to core functionality make it easier than ever for IT security teams to gain visibility, security and compliance for their OT environments

New research by Tenable®, the Exposure Management company, revealed 2.29 billion records were exposed worldwide in 2022, as calculated by Tenable’s Security Response Team’s analysis of 1,335 breach data incidents publicly disclosed between November 2021 and October 2022. Of the 1,335 breaches analysed globally, 143 breaches occurred in APAC, resulting in 1,561,990,339 exposed records and representing a whopping 68% of the global tally. In comparison, organisations in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa accounted for a combined 31% of records exposed.

“If anyone on a dating app is trying to get you to invest money into something, it’s a huge red flag”

Rapid digitisation has forced fashion brands to reimagine how shopping in the digital world takes place. But a more interconnected retail experience has increased the number of cyberattacks on fashion businesses in Australia. In fact, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner’s Notifiable Data Breaches report revealed that the Australian retail sector was the third most targeted industry when it comes to cyberattacks, after finance and healthcare.

64% of Australian businesses planning to invest in the metaverse within 12 months versus 56% in the United States and 55% in the United Kingdom. Cybersecurity the top factor affecting organisations’ commitment to operate in the metaverse, even ahead of macroeconomic concerns

Cybercrime continues to surge in Australia with the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) reporting it received 76,000 cybercrime reports last financial year - an increase of 13% from the year before.

Tenable®, the Exposure Management company, today announced the release of Tenable One, a revolutionary Exposure Management platform that unifies discovery and visibility into ​​all assets and assesses their exposures and vulnerabilities across the entire attack surface for proactive risk management.

The widespread digitisation of the enterprise and the desire to connect and automate everything has increased the attack surface of industrial environments. New methods of connectivity, external influences, new software development practices, and an acceleration of the migration of technologies to the cloud all contribute to an intermingling of IT and OT infrastructure.

Employees across the world are sharing stories about how they’re addressing workplace burnout and stress by scaling back the amount of “going above and beyond” to a bare minimum that’s just enough to get the job done. This movement is being referred to as “quiet quitting”, and it’s a trend that’s causing a lot of consternation for human resources and business leadership teams as they find ways to create workplaces with positive cultures and good work-life balances to retain employees. And while recruitment and retention issues are serious concerns, it’s likely that another lurking risk is being overlooked entirely: the cybersecurity implications of employees who are “quietly quitting.”

Foundational discovery functionality will also be integrated into existing solutions to help organisations understand their full digital footprint

Tenable®, Inc., the Cyber Exposure company, today announced enhancements to its partnership with ServiceNow® that bolster The Now Platform® with asset inventory and vulnerability data from Tenable.ot™. Utilising Tenable’s unified assessment and remediation guidance, this new integration streamlines asset inventory and centralises IT and operational technology (OT) remediation workflows across converged industrial environments.

Due to increasing threats targeting critical infrastructure over the past few years, the Australian Government has updated the Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure Protection) Act 2022 (SLACIP Act), which implements amendments to the existing Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018 (Cth) (SOCI Act). The urgency with which this legislation was enacted was driven by the realisation that the compromise of one sector of Australia’s critical infrastructure would rapidly cascade to other sectors, with devastating consequences.