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One of the biggest challenges in cybersecurity is keeping up with the new attacks that criminals are creating.

In a year gutted by a worldwide pandemic, the 2020 year-end holiday and shopping season will be unlike any other. 

While launching Microsoft’s Digital Defense Report earlier this year, Tom Burt, Corporate Vice President, Customer Security & Trust succinctly summarised the importance of “shared information and partnerships” in helping businesses remain protected amid a period of heightened cyber risk:  

Earlier this month, we partnered with the National Cyber Security Alliance to mark Cybersecurity Awareness Month (CSAM), a global initiative dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of cybersecurity. This year’s theme is ‘Do Your Part. #BeCyberSmart’, helping to empower individuals and organisations to own their role in protecting their part of cyberspace.

October is an important month on the cybersecurity calendar as the world marks Cybersecurity Awareness Month (CSAM).

Neil Stephenson imagined a meta-verse in his 1992 novel, Snow Crash. A vision of an interactive computer-generated reality or virtual world. A fully immersive persistent experience that we are all plugged into. Maybe we’re not there yet, but we are far closer today than we were pre-pandemic, and it’s a scary peak into the future power that cyber villains may wield. 

“Service NSW confirms 180,000 customers' personal details exposed in cyber security breach”  
“A cyber-crime is reported every ten minutes in Australia”  
“NAB flags cyber-attacks during the pandemic have intensified”  

In a year we would all rather forget; an unfortunate side effect has been a rise in ransomware incidents and opportunistic cyber-attacks.

The Zero Trust security model is all the rage these days, with experts calling it “the new cyber game,” one that plays a significant role in securing the new normal.

Earlier this month, we partnered with the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) to mark Scams Awareness Week, an annual national public campaign dedicated to reducing the impact of scams in Australia. This year’s theme focused on identity theft and protecting valuable data online, with the slogan “Be yourself. Don’t let a scammer be you.”