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A recent survey by Eurobarometer highlights that three in four employees across the European Union have experienced cyber threats while at work. The study also shows that Irish workers place higher importance on cybersecurity than their counterparts elsewhere in the EU.

A recent survey by Eurobarometer highlights that three in four employees across the European Union have experienced cyber threats while at work. The study also shows that Irish workers place higher importance on cybersecurity than their counterparts elsewhere in the EU.

A recent survey by Eurobarometer highlights that three in four employees across the European Union have experienced cyber threats while at work. The study also shows that Irish workers place higher importance on cybersecurity than their counterparts elsewhere in the EU.

A recent survey by Eurobarometer highlights that three in four employees across the European Union have experienced cyber threats while at work. The study also shows that Irish workers place higher importance on cybersecurity than their counterparts elsewhere in the EU.

A recent survey by Eurobarometer highlights that three in four employees across the European Union have experienced cyber threats while at work. The study also shows that Irish workers place higher importance on cybersecurity than their counterparts elsewhere in the EU.

Cybersecurity, made understandable. This is who we are and why we exist. Subscribe to the Fortnightly Intelligence Brief – free: https://lnkd.in/d6UDyZ4f More about us: https://lnkd.in/d_iNg5r3 Cybersecurity Association South Africa (CSA) is a private, independent cyber-intelligence platform for the people who run South African organisations – executives, board members and founders, not only security engineers. We started because three things kept happening. Cyber news arrived in fragments, rarely in language a decision-maker could act on. POPIA and the Cybercrimes Act made leaders accountable for it anyway. And most briefings were either written for technicians or sold by the companies whose products they recommend. So we built one independent place where every item keeps three things apart: the reported fact (always linked to its source), our assessment (labelled as our inference), and one recommended next step. We also rate how well each fact is sourced, not how scary it sounds. What we publish: • Fortnightly Intelligence Brief – a free e-mail every two weeks. • Cybersecurity Radar – a continuously updated feed, tracking since June 2026. • Insights – interviews with leaders and practitioners. We are not a government body, regulator or professional body. Nobody buys editorial treatment from us, and where a provider pays us, we say so. Have a nice day, Jan #CyberSecurity #SouthAfrica #POPIA

🔎 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀. A new Eurobarometer survey, published by the European Commission found that 83% of EU workers consider the consequences of cyberattacks serious 🔒 Three in four have faced one at work in the past six months, phishing was the most common threat, followed by attempts to steal passwords and AI-generated scams. Even when people are alert, it is not always easy to tell what is real. Only 48% could recognise an AI-generated fake video. This is a digital skills issue 🤝 The gap isn't equal either. Awareness and cyber hygiene habits increase with age, so younger workers need more targeted training, not just more of it. This October marks European Cybersecurity Month, with awareness campaigns and training running across the EU. 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽. 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗯𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲 🌍 #MondayDigitalInsights #DigitalInclusion #DigitalSkills #CybersecurityMonth #DigitalEurope #AllDigital

🚨 3 Million People. One Vulnerable System. A Pentagon personnel data system was exposed — and the numbers are hard to ignore. A vulnerability in a Defense Manpower Data Center file-sharing system reportedly exposed personal information belonging to ~3.05 million people, including: 🔴 Names & dates of birth 🔴 Social Security numbers 🔴 Contact & demographic data 🔴 Military occupational information Even more concerning: unauthorized users reportedly had access for around 9 months. There’s currently no indication that the data was misused — but this incident highlights a bigger cybersecurity problem: A vulnerability doesn’t need to be exploited immediately to become a serious risk. Long-lived access + sensitive data + insufficient visibility = a breach waiting to happen. 💬 How long do you think an attacker can remain undetected inside an organization? #Cybersecurity #DataBreach #Pentagon #CyberSecurityNews #DataSecurity #InformationSecurity #ThreatDetection #CyberThreats #ZeroTrust #SecurityOperations #Infosec #CyberRisk

Two countries can detect the same cyberattack and still disagree on whether to act. That is a difficult problem for regional cybersecurity cooperation. ASEAN’s 2026 2030 cybersecurity cooperation strategy creates an opportunity to strengthen how countries coordinate against shared threats. But exchanging threat intelligence is only one part of a cross-border response. Imagine a compromised service provider operating across Southeast Asia. One national security team identifies suspicious infrastructure and rates the evidence as high confidence malicious activity. Another receives the same indicators but considers them inconclusive. A third cannot share the underlying telemetry because of legal or regulatory restrictions. All three teams may be acting rationally within their own environments. Yet the attacker continues operating while the defenders reconcile their assessments. I think this is where regional cyber defence needs a more operational measure: Cross Border Trust Latency The time between receiving threat intelligence and having enough confidence and authority to act on it. Reducing that delay requires more than faster information sharing. 1. Preserve evidence provenance. A threat indicator should carry its source, confidence level, timestamp and supporting context. 2. Agree on action thresholds. Participants need predefined conditions for escalating an alert, isolating a system or requesting assistance, even when attribution remains uncertain. 3. Separate containment from attribution. Defenders may have enough evidence to block malicious activity before they know who is responsible for it. The last point is especially important. Waiting for complete attribution before taking proportionate defensive action can leave preventable exposure in place. Regional cooperation becomes operationally meaningful when independent teams can make compatible decisions under pressure, despite differences in tools, regulations and evidence. The real measure of cyber cooperation is how much response time gets lost between shared intelligence and collective action. #Cybersecurity #ThreatIntelligence #CyberResilience #ASEAN

Cyber threats don’t discriminate by industry, but how your organisation responds makes all the difference. Whether safeguarding citizen data in government, securing medical records in healthcare, or shielding supply chains in transport and logistics, modern Australian organisations face unprecedented operational risks. Traditional security models simply can't keep up with automated, AI-driven attacks. At ProtectCyber, we deliver 100% Australian-managed, 24x7x365 security operations tailored to the unique regulatory, operational, and compliance demands of key sectors across Australia. Is your current security posture built for modern threats? Learn more about how we can help today! 👉 https://lnkd.in/gQnvZwsv