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A privacy breach at the Ministry of Social Development has lead to a review of the IT systems and governance of its project.

So it's all very well to understand cyber risks, but how do you put security measures in place? Brennan IT suggests five tips to better security.

Gemalto's Breach Level Index proves once again that data breaches across the world continue to increase in scale and severity.

IBM Security's 2017 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index has uncovered a 556% increase in the number of breached records in the past year.

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is foregoing her annual bonus and giving it back to employees after the giant data breach that hit the company in 2014.

At 31c0n, BT's Bryan K Fite emphasised the crucial unity of IT and OT for robust security, likening it to a “big barbecue” of collaboration.

RedShield's founder and CTO Sam Pickles talks about the company's research into attack techniques and the evolving threat of DoS attacks.

Cybersecurity company CyberArk is employing hackers to fight against cyber threats and develop innovative security solutions.

Gemalto is on the front line when it comes to security encryption. Unfortunately security managers in IT far falling behind in the backblocks.

Report: Consumers hold firms responsible for data safety, with most expecting breaches yet firms lag in strong security measures.

Showpo is suing Black Swallow for using its customer database, allegedly stolen by a former employee. Protect your data, warns head of BlackBerry Workspaces.

2017 is forecasted to be the 'Year of the Data Integrity Breach' with a major breach expected to shock the world.

Yahoo admits to history's biggest data hack, 1bn users compromised; latest breach possibly distinct from 2016's.

Up-to-date security systems, usable security, and awareness on how to deal with threats and social engineering are needed.

Human error emerges as the key player behind data breaches, as BT unveils 60% are employee mishaps, not cybercrime.

Gemalto called 2014 'the year of mega breaches'. Digital Shadows comments on breach severity factors. TeleSign recommends two-factor authentication.

Spark warns that130,000 customers have potentially been put at risk by the massive Yahoo data breach - around 15% of all Xtra customers.

Dropbox customers, change your passwords now, especially if you joined in 2012. 68 million passwords have been hashed and salted, but not used - yet.

Taiwanese tech giant Acer recently suffered a massive data breach that has potentially affected 34,500 of its US customers.

IBM and Ponemon Institute released 'Cost of a Data Breach' report. Australian results show that the average cost of a data breach is $2.64 million.