Strategic collaboration enables organisations to enhance critical data protection, speed operations recovery, and transform backup repositories into AI-ready data assets

AI-powered data security company Cohesity has signed a strategic collaboration agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to expand its use of advanced AWS technologies to help customers protect, backup, and recover data at scale.

Data security innovator GuardWare has launched the encryption software suite PROTECT, a “world-first solution” that can persistently protect sensitive data while in use. The software allows data to flow securely up and down the supply chain and be destroyed by the document owner at any time as needed.

COMPANY NEWS:  Australian managed service provider and global leader in modern networking and security to deliver enterprise-grade security and networking in a single, streamlined solution

GUEST OPINION:  Video technology has advanced significantly in recent decades, particularly with improvements in video analytics and AI. As the global AI market is projected to soar to USD 1.3 trillion by 2030, according to MarketsandMarkets, one of the major challenges hindering this growth is access to large, high-quality datasets for AI training. Synthetic data is emerging as a crucial solution.

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• New, comprehensive protection for Amazon DynamoDB
• Expanded Immutability for Amazon RDS
• Empowers customers with reduced risk, simplified operations and lower cloud costs

GUEST RESEARCH:  Modernisation of legacy IT systems remains critical to meeting data security, privacy, and scalability demands for healthcare organisations

Flex Frozen, Archive Search and CloudPrem help teams optimise logging costs and meet data security, retention and residency standards

GUEST RESEARCH:  More 90 per cent of local security leaders admit paying a ransom to recover data or stop an attack in the past year, according to Rubrik Zero Labs Report

Available across multi-cloud and hybrid environments, Cloudera Data Visualisation includes integrated AI visualisation and natural language querying for enterprises to improve collaboration and decision making

GUEST RESEARCH:  Appian research reveals that 90% of telcos have invested in digital solutions but data security and access hurdles remain

Appian research reveals that 90% of telcos have invested in digital solutions but data security and access hurdles remain

New research fromAppian (Nasdaq: APPN) reveals that the Australian telecommunications industry is being thwarted by data security and accessibility issues. The study surveyed 234 telecomms professionals in Australia. 46% of survey respondents cite organisational challenges of protecting sensitive data and ensuring compliance with data privacy regulations.

As the threat landscape continuously evolves, the call for robust data security solutions has never been more urgent. Today,Rubrik (NYSE: RBRK), a leading cyber security company, is proud to announce a strategic alliance withDeloitte. Together, the companies will collaborate to deliver advanced data security and management solutions, designed to help organisations to safeguard their data assets, helping business continuity and cyber resilience.

Data security and analytics provider Varonis has acquired next-generation database activity monitoring (DAM) provider Cyral.

GUEST RESEARCH:  Boomi, the intelligent integration and automation leader, has unveiled the Australian findings of itsData Liquidity Index Study, conducted by Hanover Research. The survey found strong data integration capabilities within Australian organisations, but identified gaps in liquidity as companies battle challenges with data privacy/security and data quality/accuracy.

Insight Partners owned Veeam expands investor base in a $2 billion secondary equity offering led by TPG with participation from Temasek, Neuberger Berman Capital Solutions, and others

COMPANY NEWS: –Veeam^® Software, the #1 global leader in Data Resilience by market share, announced an expansion of its shareholder base in a $2 billion secondary offering, valuing the company at $15 billion. This transaction was led by TPG (NASDAQ: TPG) with participation from Temasek, Neuberger Berman Capital Solutions, and other key investors, reinforcing Veeam’s position as a global leader in the rapidly growing data resilience market.

As we approach the busy December and January shopping period, retailers and banks are bracing themselves for a surge in financial fraud. Last year, Australians lost a staggeringAU$2.7 billion to scams, according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). This figure is expected to rise as Generative AI (GenAI) and other advanced technologies provide scammers with increasingly sophisticated tools.

New research from Avanade unveils mid-market’s AI ambitions – and pain points in workforce readiness, data governance, and technology infrastructure

A new report from Avanade shows that mid-market organizations in Asia Pacific are embracing artificial intelligence (AI) with confidence, with most anticipating up to fourfold returns within 12 months. However, gaps in workforce readiness, data governance, and technology infrastructure are key obstacles for mid-market organizations to achieve sustainable returns.

GUEST OPINION:  A collection of predictions from tech leaders at Rubrik, ManageEngine, Snowflake, Nintex, and Obsidian Security. These cover a range of topics including data security, cyber risk, AI upskilling, and changes approaches to digital transformation.

Over 80% of Australian knowledge workers note data security is extremely or very important when using AI-powered visual collaboration tools  

GUEST OPINION byDavid Torgerson, VP of Technology and Security at Lucid Software: :Lucid Software, the leader in visual collaboration software, has today released data from its latest survey which explores the sentiment of artificial intelligence (AI) among Australian knowledge workers. The research centred on the themes of AI adoption, usage, reception and security.

COMPANY NEWS: As 2025 approaches,Tenable, the exposure management company, is highlighting the critical need for organisations to prioritise data security in the cloud amid the rapid rise of AI adoption. In the coming year, companies will face mounting pressure to secure AI initiatives at scale while safeguarding a growing range of data assets from cyber threats. Here are Tenable's key predictions for the future of cloud security: