Opinion stories - Page 266

WordPress, the most popular and most used content management system, is also a great tool for businesses and individuals.

As Australia enforces metadata retention, VPNs become crucial to safeguard privacy from government surveillance, making Get a VPN Day more relevant than ever.

This strategy needs to be a constantly evolving plan that can be changed, modified or replaced at a moment's notice.

Move out of that 1980s technology stack and into the world of the cloud – you can get there with knowledge and a trusted vendor.

Australia, like other countries, has not been immune to data breaches in which personal information has been exposed.

FireEye recently identified a vulnerability – CVE-2017-0199 – that allows a malicious actor to download and execute a Visual Basic script.

If someone told you they had a magic elixir that would heal all your illnesses or injuries, and make you young again, would you believe them?.

Early detection and effective intelligence is critical in today's digital world to mitigate the risks created by today's connected world.

Customers tell me repeatedly that they dread the phone call from their hardware storage vendor. Every three or four years, the call is predictable.

Mobile devices & smart TVs controlled by cyber criminals make scary headlines. There's something scarier – the possibility that routers can be owned.

On April 8 it was three years since Microsoft ended its extended support for Windows XP. 8% of desktop users worldwide still run the operating system.

IT, data center and networking professionals are regularly faced with complexities and challenges as business and customer requirements change.

F11 did not contain any harmful code. Instead, it relied purely on social engineering, tricking users into paying €18 ($19) for Adobe Flash Player.

The point is to establish data-driven decision making on a daily basis for hiring, promotion, development, rewards and teamwork.

Be on your guard if you're a developer who uses GitHub – someone could be trying to infect your computer with malware.

The hype surrounding the potential of IoT shows no sign of subsiding, and now – IoT is morphing from a smart concept to reality.

Technology savvy customers across ANZ are demanding for technologies such as mobile commerce and the use of smartphones for banking transactions.

As business models rotate toward subscription services, if technical developments don't keep pace, a crucial piece of the puzzle will be missing.

It's easy to get bogged down in the weeds and become polarised on the multitude of dangerous threats to our cyber identities and our businesses.

It is precisely because of this concept of the cost of doing nothing that we're able to determine the value of a cybersecurity solution.