Equifax stories
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Equifax & Norton team up to bolster Australian Cyber Safety
Mon, 29th Apr 2024
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data protection
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physical security
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apm
Equifax and Norton unite to fortify identity safety for Australians, integrating Norton’s identity monitoring into Equifax's subscriptions, addressing rising fears of identity theft.
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Don’t get stuck in the 'panic patching' flywheel – there is a better way!
Wed, 19th Oct 2022
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martech
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cybersecurity
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software development
It’s an age-old cyber security mantra that all patches must be applied promptly in order to protect against newly discovered threats.
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IriusRisk appoints Elise Hayes as strategic alliance director for North America
Fri, 29th Apr 2022
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software development
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equifax
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sales
Elise Hayes appointed as strategic alliance director of IriusRisk's North America team, to expand partner relationships and drive growth in the market.
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IriusRisk appoints Elise Hayes as Strategic alliance director
Fri, 29th Apr 2022
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software development
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equifax
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sales
Elise Hayes appointed as strategic alliance director for North America at IriusRisk to expand partner relationships in high-demand market.
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Experts place the human factor at the centre of cybersecurity strategies
Tue, 11th Jan 2022
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martech
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data analytics
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planning
Human factor key to Australian companies' cybersecurity strategies, says panel of experts. Cyber-attacks occur every 8 minutes in the country.
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Google Cloud launches new services for a unified data platform
Thu, 27th May 2021
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data analytics
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hyperscale
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public cloud
Google Cloud has launched new solutions for its unified data cloud strategy, providing organisations with a unified data platform.
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Equifax breach vulnerability surfaces as top network attack in Q3 2019
Mon, 16th Dec 2019
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
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malware
Equifax breach vulnerability from Apache Struts tops WatchGuard’s Q3 2019 list of network attacks, highlighting rising malware and zero-day threats.
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Equifax, FICO launch data analytics tool for FSIs
Thu, 28th Mar 2019
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martech
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data analytics
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planning
Equifax and FICO team up to launch Data Decisions Cloud, enhancing FSIs' customer interactions with advanced data analytics tools and predictive AI.
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Financial services must change mindset to contain cyberattacks
Thu, 31st May 2018
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cybersecurity
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under armour
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cyberark
CyberArk's EMEA VP discusses evolving techniques of cybercrime in the financial sector and how businesses need to think like attackers.
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Is the internet getting safer?
Fri, 18th May 2018
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microsoft
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google
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facebook
Connecting our human selves to our digital identities is hard. How does your bank know it’s really you behind the browser opening a new account?.
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Equifax ushers new CISO as breach fallout continues
Wed, 14th Feb 2018
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
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data breach
Equifax has ushered in a new chief information security officer as the fallout continues from the company’s massive US data breach last year.
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Not again… Expert discusses potential SECOND Equifax breach
Mon, 16th Oct 2017
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firewalls
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
It was only weeks ago that one of the single largest data breaches in history was announced - now Equifax may have been hacked again.
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2017 Equifax breach: Impact and lessons learned
Mon, 2nd Oct 2017
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
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cybercrime
Digital Shadows VP, Rick Holland discusses the recent breach, its impact to Equifax and what other organisations can learn from it.
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Equifax and its 143m customers just the ‘first known victims’
Tue, 19th Sep 2017
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cybersecurity
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patching
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security vulnerabilities
Equifax breach reveals well-known vulnerability, patch available long before attack, says Flexera. More hacks likely to come.
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Equifax data breach: The end of cybersecurity as we know it
Fri, 15th Sep 2017
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
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cybercrime
One of the single largest data breaches in history was disclosed last week by the credit reporting giant, Equifax - here are three implications.
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Xero and Equifax piloting tool to help small businesses avoid bad debt
Fri, 5th May 2017
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fintechs
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financial systems
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accounting systems
The feature will let small businesses on Xero see the credit risk of their potential customers, suppliers and partners.