Category: Education
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There’s one way you can make your super more secure.
As originally published in The Sydney Morning Herald April 12, 2025 Superannuation accounts are incredibly attractive targets for hackers and scammers, with several trillion dollars in retirement savings sitting around behind the locks of a few different funds. Mature accounts even more so because they allow withdrawals and are regularly accessed by an older generation…
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The password security tips businesses should use to stop hackers in their tracks
As originally published in inside small business, on March 25, 2025 David Sandell is the CEO of CI-ISAC, a not-for-profit organisation providing cyber threat intelligence (CTI) sharing services. In this piece, David shares 14 password tips to protect your business from cyber attacks. Cybercrime is on the rise across Australia, and it’s not just large corporations…
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Data-driven insights & Accountability: Empowering Informed Decision-Making
In this 6th & final instalment of our series on strengthening Australia’s cyber threat intelligence sharing, we arrive at a crucial aspect often overlooked: how we analyse and operationalize the cyber threat information we share. Simply gathering and exchanging data, even within a sovereign framework, is insufficient. To effectively combat sophisticated cyber adversaries, we must…
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CTI Sharing – Information vs. Intelligence
Building on the previous two posts, this third instalment on CTI sharing explores why it is vital to draw a distinction between cyber information & cyber intelligence. We explain why understanding the difference between the two is crucial for effective cybersecurity management and decision-making. Australia’s cybersecurity hinges on bridging the gap between raw information and…
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The ‘Canary in a coal mine’ – A Business Cyber Risk Case Study
WhatsApp, Signal, iMessage: These everyday apps could be putting your organisation at significant risk, especially when it comes to your organisation sharing sensitive Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI). This second installment delves into a recent US legal case that exposes the dangers of relying on informal communication channels & underscores the need for a more structured,…
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The gaps that remain in our cyber security
The Federal Government’s annual cyber threat report, released in late 2023, noted that malicious cyber activity continues to pose a risk to Australia’s security and prosperity. In fact, nearly 94,000 reports were made to law enforcement, which is about one incident being reported every six minutes. From scam emails and hacks of personal medical information…
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Why bother with sharing threat intelligence? We’ve got this cyber thing covered…
Two pretty common questions we hear from prospective members is “Why do I need CI-ISAC when I have a brilliant cyber team” and “Why would I need to know about cyber threats from other sectors” . TLDR: Working in a cyber team, regardless of how brilliant they are, is akin to playing ‘whack a mole’…
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Critical Infrastructure protections and implementation in Australia and elsewhere
We have previously outlined how CI-ISAC fits into the broader Australian intelligence sharing landscape and also how CI-ISAC operates alongside government initiatives. CI-ISAC is specifically positioned as a member-owned, not-for-profit entity, we are able to curate the lessons learned from across our diverse membership and distribute this in a form that can benefit CI entities…
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How CI-ISAC fits into the broader cyber threat sharing landscape
One of the most common questions we get asked when speaking to prospective CI-ISAC members is: “Why CI-ISAC… what about the ACSC, TISN, or <insert name here> group that’s already sharing intelligence?” Before we get into how CI-ISAC enables it’s members to defend themselves more effectively from cyber-attacks, let’s look at how we fit into…
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