Opinion stories
Food retailers face avoidable spoilage, illness risk and regulatory exposure as most still rely on manual checks that miss cold-chain failures.
The sector faces mounting breach and compliance risk as unmanaged devices, shared logins and stale access undermine campus defences.
Poor data can sink campaign results, inflate bounce rates and waste sales effort before a single email is sent.
Users in South Korea, South Africa and Saudi Arabia will get faster Zero Trust access as traffic is kept in-region for compliance.
Early reporting under the EU Cyber Resilience Act will be harder for manufacturers without connected data and continuous monitoring across plants.
Open, interoperable access systems may spare Australian data centres costly upgrades as AI-driven demand and security needs evolve over decades.
As AI agents begin handling purchases and deliveries, retailers face tougher questions over identity, authorisation and trust.
Tech chiefs were urged to prioritise trust, governance and people over spending as AI, cyber threats and talent shortages reshape business.
Poor controls, not sheer invoice count, are what leave finance teams chasing approvals, missing GST evidence and paying exceptions.
Fake candidates and AI-written applications are exposing how weak resume screening is, forcing employers towards work samples and live verification.
AI is set to shrink junior SOC roles and raise costs unless firms phase in autonomous defence carefully, experts warn.
Firms risk losing aerospace and defence contracts unless they can show tighter quality, traceability and data controls under AS9100.
AI will reshape accountancy, but employers still need graduates who can provide judgement, trust and reassurance when businesses face uncertainty.
Trust from Asia Pacific security practitioners was reinforced as SonicWall won two CybersecAsia awards and joined the Hall of Fame.
Workers in education and public service are confronting strikes and shrinking demand as AI starts replacing tasks once done by people.
Customers now get new mobile services activated in under ten minutes, after One NZ used AI to replace a 10-day process.
Australian retailers risk losing customers when fulfilment promises slip between stock, warehouse labour and transport capacity.
Procurement choices can shape workplace risk long before a worker arrives on site, as Australia's safety experts warn of gaps in visibility.
For enterprise tech buyers, in-person events now matter most as a way to reduce risk, build confidence and speed deals.
APIs are now a major attack surface, making shared context between developers and SecOps vital to spot real threats and avoid false alarms.
