Below is an excerpt from the article “Remote working habits in the new Covid-19 corporate environment create ‘rich’ opportunities for cybercriminals” as published on p.36 in Spring 2020 Across Borders magazine Remote working habits in the new Covid-19 corporate environment create ‘rich’ opportunities for cybercriminals. By Jonathan Sharrock Covid-19 has rapidly changed the business landscape…
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This week’s cyber-attack on the New Zealand Exchange (NZX) resulted in severe outages and trading being halted for hours. Brokers and businesses have been left in the dark as NZX and its service provider Spark have yet to clarify any motivation behind the attack and whether demands have been made by the still unconfirmed adversaries….
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Below is an excerpt from the article “Piracy in the Digital Age” as published in the Daily Cargo News (thednc.com). Following several damaging attacks on shipping and logistics companies, cyber security analysts warn the industry remains dangerously vulnerable. By Jonathan Sharrock The logistics sector needs little convincing of the risk of cybercrime to its operations. FedEx in…
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Below is an excerpt from the article “Logistics Sector Far from ‘Ship Shape’ on Cyber Security” as published in the Daily Cargo News (thednc.com). Ignoring the issues of out dated equipment and devices linked to the Internet of Things (IoT), Mimecast found that the greatest problem to cybersecurity in logistics was employee vulnerability. Attacks were…
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Below is an excerpt from the article ‘Toll cyber hack puts pressure on government‘ as published on Financial Review (afr.com). Defence Minister Linda Reynolds has insisted the government is strongly committed to strengthening cyber resiliency across Australian business, following the crippling ransomware attack on logistics giant Toll Group. Jonathan Sharrock, the managing director of Cyber…
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Below is an excerpt from the article on Toll Group as published on Financial Review (afr.com). Freight delivery giant Toll Group is battling to fully restore its services after a crippling cyber attack, which security experts say is the most significant in Australian corporate history, as it faces growing discontent from clients including Telstra, Officeworks…
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Businesses in Australia are being offered Australian Trusted Trader (ATT) status if they comply with a set of regulations. This status provides trading companies with a range of privileges and benefits that any trading company would be advantaged with. Major benefits include increased administrative efficiency through severely reducing bureaucracy, especially with regards to customs and…
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Imagine you’re buying a business. The first step would, of course, be to carry out financial audit to help assess the risk and return profile of the business. You will need to know its current financial position, establish the value of its assets, and make sure it will be stable and viable in the future….
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If the 1990s were when the dream of a hyperconnected world first took hold in the public consciousness, the 2010s are when that dream has become a reality – and, for some, a security nightmare. Analysts estimate that by 2020 there may be more than 50 billion devices connected to the internet. A large portion…
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As digitalisation continues to sweep through established industries, companies are increasingly operating massive IT systems, which may consist of thousands of connected devices and thousands more dependencies on third-party software and applications. This leaves medium and large corporations with an extremely complex array of vulnerabilities to cyberattacks. Gone are the days when corporations could just…
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