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Insurance and finance giant Suncorp is reaping big rewards. from smart tech investments, its FY2024 results show.

Company to meet region’s growing demand for locally hosted cloud-based physical security technology

BlueVoyant's Cyber Defense Platform seamlessly integrates AI-powered internal, external, and supply chain cyber defense to help organisations improve their cyber posture

Acquisition strengthens KnowBe4’s position as largest, advanced AI-driven cybersecurity platform for managing human risk

Motorola Solutions has acquired Sydney-headquartered Noggin, a global provider of cloud-based business continuity planning, operational resilience and critical event management (CEM) software.

Zero Trust Segmentation combined with Zero Trust Network Access delivers dynamic protection across modern hybrid IT

Northern Data Group’s GenAI cloud platform, Taiga Cloud, brings comprehensive, in-region AI-as-a-Service offering to Europe by leveraging NVIDIA GPUs and the VAST Data Platform

Germany-based open source vendor SUSE has appointed technology and marketing veteran Pilar Santamaria as its new vice-president of AI.

COMPANY NEWS:  Blue Zebra Insurance (BZI) may be a relatively new arrival to Australia’s insurance sector, but it has quickly established a name for itself through its innovative digital offerings. Since it was founded in 2017, it has provided agencies and insurers with a self-built and cloud-hosted digital platform for insurance policy administration, helping it deliver its services efficiently at scale and speed.  One of the most notable indicators of Blue Zebra's growth trajectory is the nearly $100 million increase in Gross Written Premium (GWP), representing a remarkable growth rate of more than 50% compared to the previous year. Blue Zebra has also received significant industry recognition, winning the Insurance Business’ Digital Insurer of the Year Award for five years running. 

GUEST RESEARCH:  Report highlights how technological advancements breed stronger cloud threats as 91% express concern over emerging risks and zero-day attacks

STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP:  Integration combines Wiz Cloud Security and Illumio Zero Trust Segmentation to strengthen cyber resilience

 GUEST RESEARCH

• Healthcare organisations experienced 50% more encryption events than the global average across 2023

• Cloud continues to drive inherent risk and security blind spots as 70% of all data is typically not machine readable by security appliances

• Leadership changes following cyberattacks are on the rise, with major personnel changes reported by 44% of organisations — up from 36% in 2022

Illumio, Inc., the Zero Trust Segmentation (ZTS) company, today announced several new AI and automation features to its ZTS Platform, including auto-labeling, making it dramatically easier and faster for organisations to secure hybrid environments and simplify their journey to Zero Trust.

COMPANY NEWS:  Digital finance transformation leader adds former Apptio, Amazon Web Services,and Microsoft leader to oversee global technology direction

Microsoft has been mauled over "a cascade of security failures" that led to a breach of the company's Azure cloud platform by a group known as Storm-0558, with the US Cyber Safety Review Board concluding that the intrusion "should never have happened".

Highlights growth plans for the region following US $100M in growth capital

Deutsche Telekom will present a “visionary” AI phone concept in collaboration with semiconductor company Qualcomm and Brain.AI at the Mobile World Congress 2024.

How the cloud security landscape will evolve in 2024

Aqua Security, the pioneer in cloud native security, today announced it has secured $60M in funding, led by new investor Evolution Equity Partners, with participation from existing investors Insight Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners and StepStone Group.

Global physical security company Genetec Inc. has released its 2024 State of Physical Security report, showing cybersecurity concerns remaining significant, and increasing demand for cloud and hybrid solutions with physical security departments increasingly becoming interconnected with IT.