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Startup valuations are the scoreboard of success, and the podium for winners is Unicorn Status—when a company reaches a valuation of $1 billion. Achieving unicorn status is the dream of any startup, and it typically signals the startup’s strong potential to either go through an IPO or become acquired by a larger firm in an M&A deal. A start-up achieves unicorn status if: Unfortunately, because it might have vulnerabilities that more established, public companies don’t, achieving unicorn status also puts […]

Recent data from Verizon reveals that small and large businesses suffer from similar vulnerabilities and attack surfaces, yet small businesses face much more difficult challenges. Small businesses are typically less prepared for a cyberattack than their larger counterparts and attackers are often more successful when targeting small businesses. Verizon’s report indicates that cybercriminals have far more success penetrating small businesses with fewer than 1,000 employees than businesses with over 1,000 employees. Given that ninety-eight percent of cyberattacks were financially motivated, […]

Guest author, Chris Witham, Director of Operations, Sicarius  For over 20 years, Chris has honed his skills across a wide variety of IT disciplines, including systems administration, IT security, digital forensics, risk and compliance, and incident response. Chris has provided first-rate digital forensic services for cutting edge organisations in federal law enforcement and private enterprise, both locally in Australia and Internationally. His resume includes working with the Australian Federal Police, Blackpanda and KordaMentha, supporting sophisticated, and at times high-profile investigations. […]

A spate of high-profile attacks affecting millions of people have hit Australia and New Zealand. These unprecedented data breaches have led to increased government scrutiny, as well as a new look at what cybersecurity resilience and posture should be for companies housing sensitive and personal customer data. The increase in cybersecurity attacks we’re seeing in these countries underscores the point that small businesses are just as much a target as enterprise companies. In fact, out of over 3 million businesses […]

As a startup, you can’t afford to ignore potential cybersecurity challenges No matter the size of your organization, a lack of preparedness will put you at risk for cybersecurity attacks. Often, startups think they are flying under the radar of most cyber criminals and are not as vulnerable. However, the reality is quite the opposite. CISA put out advice* in 2015 that’s still widely applicable today: Startups need to think about cybersecurity from day 1 or experience a higher risk […]