The Telecommunications Sector Security Reforms, put in place just after the Turnbull Government was toppled in 2018, have hit Huawei Australia hard, with the company losing 900 direct jobs, more than 1500 sub-contracting jobs and $100 million in R&D in Australia, the company claims in a submission to a parliamentary inquiry.

The Australian and New Zealand IT and business services market grew 1.7% year-on-year in the first half of the year, the technology analyst company IDC says, adding that this was a major slowdown in annual growth.

Global smartwatch shipments grew 6% year-on-year in the third quarter of the year, with Apple remaining the leader and increasing its share by two percentage points, the technology analyst firm Counterpoint Research says.

New Zealand retirement and financial strategies provider Staircase appears to have taken a hit from cyber criminals using the Windows NetWalker ransomware.

In the wake of a year rocked by pandemic and escalated cyber threats, the Paris-based not for profit Cybersecurity Advisors Network today announced new appointments to its international board.

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