Name: Ransomware in Australia: To pay or not to pay?
Start: 2022-01-10T01:03:00Z
End: 2022-01-10T01:03:50.000Z
Location: BrightTALK
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Security breaches, data leaks and email-based attacks are a real threat to your organisation. Now, more than ever, you need a new approach to email security and management. Don’t let the limitations of traditional technologies prevent you from protecting email and corporate information.

Mimecast has made it our mission to mitigate the risks you face from email, and support you in reducing the cost and complexity of protecting yourself by moving this workload to the cloud. We live and breathe cloud technology. We developed our proprietary cloud architecture to offer you comprehensive email security, service continuity and archiving in a single subscription service. Our goal is to make it easier for you to protect your business in today’s fast-changing security and risk environment.

Criminals know that small businesses play an increasingly vital role in global supply chains, making them attractive starting points for larger-scale attacks. 

In this vein, Gartner reports that cybercriminals are focusing on these smaller targets, particularly when it comes to ransomware. And more than 60% of small businesses have experienced cybercriminal activity, according to recent Statista APAC and ACSC (Australian Cyber Security Centre) surveys.

So, where do you start when bolstering your cybersecurity strategy to keep pace with these ever-evolving threats to your SMB?

Join Ryan Economos, Mimecast’s Field Chief Technology Officer and Kira Bomberg, co-author of Cyber Resilience For Dummies, as they: 
- Discuss cyber priorities for SMBs
- Give practical guidance to help you build a cybersecurity strategy
- Unpack Cyber Resilience For Dummies

SMB Cyber Priorities to Stop Ransomware & Criminals in Their Tracks

In today's dynamic landscape, the collaboration between cyber professionals and Finance leaders for strategic investments is critical.

Join this webinar focusing on aligning cybersecurity priorities with budgets, highlighting the pivotal partnership between CISO and CFO.

Learn how transparent collaboration can guide informed investments, effectively mitigating risks and protect your organisation. Gain insights into essential elements of this partnership, ensuring investments are made openly, transparently, and not in isolation based solely on a dollar figure.

And hear firsthand from a seasoned cyber practitioner on how cyber professionals work with finance leaders to providing strategic insights and investments.

Presenters:
- Garrett O'hara, Senior Director Solutions Engineering at Mimecast APAC
- Andrew Milroy, Vice President and Head of Research at Focus Network
- Mike Kleviansky, Head of Cybersecurity at GenesisCare

If you are unable to attend the webinar, Focus Network’s security analysts have researched these critical aspects and present their comprehensive findings in this report: https://info.mimecast.com/MimecastFocus-Network-Whitepaper.html

Who Owns Cyber Risk? How to Align Budget with Cyber Priorities

In today's digital world, email is the backbone of enterprise communication. However, it has also become the primary target for cybercriminals. According to Mimecast's 2023 State of Email Security (SOES) study, email-based threats have risen significantly, with 74% of respondents reporting an increase in the past year. With 82% of companies experiencing a higher volume of email, it's crucial to safeguard your organisation from these risks.

DMARC protects your brand by stopping fraudulent emails using your domain BEFORE they reach your customers.

By attending this webinar, you will gain the knowledge to protect your work environment from unauthorised domain spoofing, improve deliverability rate and verify legitimate email communication.

How to protect your brand from unauthorised domain spoofing with DMARC

Security professionals know that staying one step ahead and learning from the past are the best ways of maintaining an edge over hackers.

In the webinar Mimecast’s Andrew Gosney, Garret O'hara, Jason Pearce and Ryan Economos, sit down to look at the previous year in cybersecurity, highlighting key trends as well as how they have affected the landscape.

They will then turn their attention from the past to the future, using what they have learned from 2023 to form key predictions for 2024 surrounding topics such as:
• Artificial intelligence
• The changing nature of cybersecurity leadership roles
• The anatomy of the supply chain under attack

Tune in and gain insight into what experts are predicting for the future of cybersecurity.

The state of cybersecurity: Analysing 2023 & forecasting 2024

In today's digital age, safeguarding your organisation and its people from evolving cyber threats is critical. Cybercriminals are exploiting artificial intelligence (AI) to plot more successful attacks.

Businesses too should incorporate AI cybersecurity solutions into their arsenal to protect themselves. The reality is that you can no longer afford to bring knives to gunfights. It is essential to provide your employees with the assurance that they can work with confidence, benefiting from AI technology while fostering a secure and cyber-aware work culture. 

Join this webinar to discover how AI Technology and Awareness Training can be your powerful allies in the battle against cyber threats.  

In this webinar, cyber security experts will explore how to:
- Empower your employees to work securely knowing that they are protected by the latest AI technology
- Elevate your organisation's resilience, adaptability, and productivity while nurturing a cyber-aware culture
- Enable your employees to be an active contributor to your organisation's protection

Work protected with AI-Powered Security and Awareness Training

Threat Intelligence is most valuable when it’s actionable. The next episode in our APAC Threat Intelligence webinar series is action-packed to help you make the most of our expert threat analysis with regional context. In this episode, we home in on email security, as 70% of organizations have experienced an increase in email-based threats. 

Tune in as a panel of three Mimecast cybersecurity specialists discuss:
• Results from The State of Email Security report
• Our Patch Tuesday picks: Commentary and context on recent patches and what's being exploited.
• A threat in the wild: its methodology, motivation, and impact 
• A 4-step framework for CISOs: how to reduce your attack surface and lessons from businesses being ‘re-breached’

Cybersecurity re-breach lessons & 4 Steps to Reduce your email attack surface

Understanding cyberattacks - the methodology, the motivation, and the impact - is crucial to spot potential threats. This context can also help you proactively block or mitigate these threats (and possibly other threats on the horizon) before they put your organisation at risk. 

Join our team of cybersecurity specialists as they discuss:
• The latest email-borne attacks & how to counteract them
• The methodology and motivation behind CVE-2023-36884, a recent Microsoft zero-day remote code execution vulnerability.
• The link between cyber threat intelligence and cyber insurance, and how underwriters use threat intelligence to assess risk exposure and tailor their insurance policies.

Use the takeaways discussed by our 3 Mimecast experts to bolster your cyber defense stance and to prepare your organization for any future attacks

Cybersecurity specialists analyse the latest zero-day & email attack trends

In today's digital world, email is the backbone of enterprise communication. However, it has also become the primary target for cybercriminals. According to Mimecast's 2023 State of Email Security (SOES) study, email-based threats have risen significantly, with 74% of respondents reporting an increase in the past year. With 82% of companies experiencing a higher volume of email, it's crucial to safeguard your organisation from these risks.

By attending this webinar, you will gain the knowledge to protect your work environment from unauthorised domain spoofing, improve deliverability rate and verify legitimate email communication.

How to Strengthen Your Email Security Against a 74% Increase in Threats

Microsoft 365 delivers many benefits from a productivity and collaboration standpoint. However, Microsoft is only responsible for securing the infrastructure itself. End user data protection and cybersecurity is in your hands. 

To augment M365 protection, many organizations turn to a variety of third-party solutions for security, archiving, and continuity. However, handling multiple-point solutions only makes managing email security more complicated and expensive. 

This concise, 30-minute webinar shares an analysis of Mimecast’s M365 protection, which unlike their point solution predecessors, encompasses a suite of compatible security solutions that offer:
• Protection against malicious URLs, internal threats, and weaponised attachments.
• Secure messaging services 
• And solutions for sending large files (up to 2 GB) directly from users’ inboxes.

Tune in to weigh the efficacy of this M365 protection solution and to compare your options.

Why & How to Augment Microsoft 365’s Default Security Tools

Today’s organisations face governance and compliance complexity in a multi-cloud world. Work-from-anywhere conditions, the adoption of multiple communications tools, and privacy concerns present new variables against the backdrop of traditional challenges like data security and protection, regulatory requirements, and e-discovery.

Organisations require a single, secure platform to consolidate, leverage and protect cloud-based email, files, and collaboration content.

Join our experts to learn about:

- The impact of Microsoft Teams and how it impacts e-discovery workloads
- Backup and recovery for Office 365 and how to protect against ransomware
- How to ensure productivity in the face of Office 365 outages
- The role of secure email in today’s regulatory environment

Practical Microsoft 365 Backup, Compliance, and Protection Tactics

Cybercrime is expected to cost the world $8 trillion; more than 70% in APAC have experienced an increase in email-based threats; and upwards of 72% of companies expect to be harmed in 2023 by a collaboration-tool-based attack. 

Mimecast’s 7th annual State of Email Security (SOES) 2023 report found that as cyber threats have multiplied, illustrated by the stats above, the business community is now demonstrating a greater willingness to confront it. How do you navigate a threat landscape while securing the resources needed for a robust cyber strategy?

Join Mimecast’s expert panel in this webinar as they share:
- Key findings from the State of Email Security 2023 in the APAC region.
- How today’s CISOs can capture their board’s attention on cyber risk.
- Best practices to mitigate cyber risk with next-gen technology.

2023 Email Security Trends & Cyber Risk Prevention Practices

Explore the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity threats in the APAC region and beyond with the Threat Intelligence Webinar series.

In this webinar, gain valuable insights and strategies to protect against malicious actors and navigate the nexus of confusion and fear generated by the twin hazards of threat actors and user error.

Join Mimecast as they delve into the intricacies of these threats, equip you with the knowledge to safeguard your organization and users, and keep you informed about the latest cyber news.

Building End-User Bulwarks: Mitigating Risk of Attacks by Overcoming Human Error

In today's global landscape, the rise of cyber threats and the impact of human error have become top concerns for leading organizations, particularly those operating in the APAC region. Malicious attacks and idle mistakes may seem different at first glance, but together they have the potential to undermine even the most stringent security procedures.

Join this Threat Intelligence Webinar series as experts delve into the intricacies of exterior and interior threats, equipping you with the knowledge and strategies to reduce the risk of security failure.

Explore how to cultivate a resilient security culture, empower end-users to make informed decisions, and stay informed about the latest cybersecurity news.

Building a Resilient Security Culture: Empowering End-Users to Mitigate Risk

Organizations navigating the cybersecurity landscape in the APAC region can find themselves facing daunting challenges posed by the convergence of threat actors and human error. The damage potential of the two forces combined can be catastrophic for the modern business.

But, while threat actors may always lurk in the shadows, you can defend your security team from two-pronged attacks by eliminating internal error with practical security practices.

Join this webinar as security professionals explore the dangerous combination of internal and external threats, and gain practical insights on preventing the devastating impact it can have on your organization. Gain a deeper understanding of threat actors in the APAC region, learn effective strategies to bolster your cybersecurity defenses, and empower your team to mitigate risks.

External Threat and Internal Error: How to Prevent the One-Two Punch

Denton Rodyk, one of Singapore's leading law firms, recently partnered with Mimecast to enhance its email security posture and protect against advanced cyber threats. In a compelling case study, Denton Rodyk shares how Mimecast's solutions helped the firm improve its email security, simplify its email management, and achieve greater peace of mind to Work Protected. The case study offers valuable insights into the challenges faced by organizations in the legal industry and demonstrates the powerful impact that Mimecast's solutions can have in improving cybersecurity outcomes. Watch the Denton Rodyk and Mimecast case study to learn more about how your organisation can benefit from a comprehensive email security solution.

How Dentons Rodyk Singapore strengthened their cyber resilience with Mimecast

With over 90% of cyberattacks attributed to human error, cybersecurity training should be more than just a tick-box exercise. The goal of any cyber awareness training program is to influence user actions and reduce your organisations’ risk of a breach.

This session will take a deep-dive into the science behind influencing behavioural change, the compliance vs budget challenge, what are the key components of effective Awareness Training programs, how to measure effectiveness and what we can expect from the industry in 2023 and beyond.

Influencing user actions & reducing your risk with Security Awareness Training

Join this exclusive fireside chat with Bill Tanner, Chief Information Officer at Allens, as he sheds light on the most crucial aspects of data protection amidst the rising tide of modern cyber-attacks.

In this webinar, gain valuable insights into the pivotal role of data governance in ensuring data resilience, and discover the secrets to effectively maintaining continuity in day-to-day business operations.

Find out from first-hand accounts of Allens’ own challenges how your organization can successfully approach data protection strategies for business continuity in the event of a data breach.

In a world of ever-increasing attacks in both sophistication and velocity, the application of AI in Cyber Security is starting to play a valuable role. In this session we’ll explore the application of AI in Cyber Security and explore how this is used across the Mimecast Portfolio.

Protect Communications: The value of AI in protecting against changing attacks

Ransomware is now a persistent threat to organisations and governments worldwide and this brings with it a persistent dilemma: to pay or not to pay?
 
Join us as we unpack this predicament and explore the stance that Australian organisations are taking with newly released survey results.

Ransomware in Australia: To pay or not to pay?

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