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Kiwi Stories

Banking stories

Online attackers abusing Kiwis' generosity in wake of Chch tragedy

Scammers exploit Kiwis' generosity following Christchurch tragedy. CERT NZ and Westpac issue urgent alerts about donation scams and malicious emails.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Tue, 19th Mar 2019

Fintech

Exclusive: ASB and Hnry's shared vision for the future of work

Hnry CEO James Fuller discusses the future of work and the company's partnership with ASB in an interview with IT Brief.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 5 min read • Wed, 13th Mar 2019

Global Stories

Banking stories

Identity and Access Management

Okta introduces customisable building blocks for identity verification

Passwordless authentication, progressive profiling, per-app branding and unlimited use cases are now possible with the Okta Identity Engine.

By Kai Ping Lew • 4 min read • Wed, 3rd Apr 2019

Storage

AU Budget 2019: Tech panel discuss its merits and shortcomings

Experts from the IT and tech industries share their disappointments and satisfaction on what the budget could mean for the sector in Australia.

By Ashton Young • 5 min read • Wed, 3rd Apr 2019

Customer Relationship Management

New approach to partners from Oracle's NetSuite

NetSuite, now part of Oracle, unveils 'SuiteLife'—a major new partner programme aimed at expanding its cloud ERP reach in Europe, Asia, and Latin America.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Tue, 2nd Apr 2019

Marketing Technologies

Worldpay makes next moves for ANZ expansion

Worldpay to boost its presence in Australasia with new offices in Melbourne and Sydney, and a domestic card payment licence in New Zealand for 2019.

By Ben Moore • 3 min read • Tue, 2nd Apr 2019

Hyperscale

Blossoming data centres directly fuelling security market

The constant demand for data – and consequently, data centres – is set to have a positive impact on the data centre security market.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Fri, 29th Mar 2019

Network Infrastructure

Dell and HPE dominate in declining India server market

IDC has released its latest findings surrounding India's server market – and the news isn't great for the market as it has fallen significantly.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Tue, 26th Mar 2019

Unified Communications

Nuance biometrics fight back against fraud

Nuance Communications claims its biometric technology has thwarted over USD $1 billion in fraud, as fraud attacks via contact centres rise sharply.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Mon, 25th Mar 2019

Firewalls

Attacks targeting Cisco Webex extension explode in popularity - WatchGuard

WatchGuard's Internet Security Report for Q4 2018 also finds growing use of a new sextortion phishing malware customised to individual victims.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Fri, 22nd Mar 2019

Firewalls

Worldwide spending on security to reach $103.1bil in 2019 - IDC

Global security spending is set to hit USD $103.1 billion in 2019, up 9.4% from 2017, driven by industries like banking and government, says IDC.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Thu, 21st Mar 2019

Risk & Compliance

Geopolitics, economy motivating cyber activity in APAC-AN/Z

Flashpoint's Aaron Shraberg says economic tensions between the US, China, and North Korea are influencing risk management decisions in APAC.

By Aaron Shraberg • 4 min read • Wed, 20th Mar 2019

Data Analytics

Unencrypted Gearbest database leaves over 1.5mil shoppers' records exposed

A breach at Gearbest has left over 1.5 million shoppers' records exposed, including payment details and national IDs, due to an unencrypted database.

By Kai Ping Lew • 5 min read • Tue, 19th Mar 2019

Fintech

ForgeRock launches Sandbox-as-a-Service to facilitate compliance

The cloud-based testing environment for APIs enables banks to accelerate compliance with Open Banking and PSD2 deadlines.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Mon, 18th Mar 2019

Risk & Compliance

Flashpoint: APAC companies must factor geopolitics in cyber strategies

As geopolitical tensions spike, APAC firms must integrate political risk into their cyber strategies, as both criminal and state-sponsored threats grow.

By Aaron Shraberg • 4 min read • Fri, 15th Mar 2019

Unified Communications

Soprano announces a partnership with Smart Communications

Soprano Design partners with Smart Communications to introduce its enterprise messaging suite to the Philippine market, branded as Smart Messaging Suite.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Thu, 14th Mar 2019

Artificial Intelligence

Massive AI market growth to be driven by retail, banking

Spending on AI will hit close to US$36 billion with retail leading the way, followed by banking, according to IDC.

By Ben Moore • 3 min read • Wed, 13th Mar 2019

Security vulnerabilities

Check Point names February's most disruptive malware

Coinhive tops Check Point's Global Threat Index for February 2019, marking its 15th month as the most disruptive malware despite its impending shutdown.

By Staff Writer • 5 min read • Tue, 12th Mar 2019