The importance of safeguarding data is making headlines across Australia due to several high-profile outages and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks in recent months. The Australian government has acknowledged the issue and to tackle it, has placed cyber security firmly in the national agenda with the 2016 federal budget. With Australia strengthening its defences […]
The Census debacle last night highlights what not to do in business. At the height of a system malfunction when millions of Australians couldn’t log on to the ABS website to complete their Census the Prime Minister tweeted how easy and important it was: ‘We filled in the census tonight online – v easy to do. […]
Forget politics – the biggest talking point in Australia right now is Pokémon Go. The wildly popular mobile game has seen legions of gamers, including working-age adults, take to the streets to capture virtual monsters. An IT security company told Dynamic Business that if gamers aren’t careful they could fall prey to malware and hackers […]
Business Email Compromise (BEC), also known as CEO Fraud, is the malicious scheme costing the business world billions of dollars. While the perpetrators tend to target large organisations, small to medium businesses caught out by the scheme have the most to lose, a cybersecurity expert warned. Tim Bentley, Country Manager, Australia and New Zealand at […]
CIOs have their work cut out for them. They carry a tremendous amount of responsibility as companies of all types and sizes become further defined by their technological prowess. Many organizations that wouldn’t have even thought of creating the CIO position have actually done so in the past few years. With all that responsibility, CIOs […]
Running a business takes a lot of hard work. There are many business owners looking for ways to improve their overall business model. Sometimes, it is important to concentrate on the things not to do in business. Many companies are so pressured for profits that they make huge cuts to their business. Although this works […]
We all love to connect with our friends and family online. Whether it’s the fun of choosing the best angle for your selfie, finding long-lost school friends or talking about the latest trends or news, 11 million Australians make Facebook a daily habit. In Facebook’s monthly hot topics data for September, we saw the Pope, […]
Upgrading your business to a new operating system (OS) can present a wealth of opportunities, which is why the prospect of a free upgrade to Windows 10 is hugely attractive to businesses across Australia. Before you rush out to upgrade your OS have you stopped to consider the potential risks and challenges, which if ignored […]
It’s common for companies to make significant investments in products and services expecting an even more significant return. Disaster recovery, however, is a rare exception: It’s perhaps the only service in which businesses invest hoping it never has to be used. By not planning for the worst-case scenario, SMBs accept an unnecessary risk of losing […]
A survey conducted by Tech Research Asia (TRA) has revealed that the new Microsoft operating system, Windows 10, is seen as a catalyst for significant business change and an opportunity to drive greater productivity. With 75 per cent of businesses intending to adopt the new operating system, the survey involving 301 decision-makers showed that productivity […]
