risk management

Educational institutions in the United Kingdom (UK) face higher cybersecurity threats than businesses, with as many as 85% of institutes at risk in comparison to 32% businesses, a government report released in April 2023, revealed.  The…

Politicians called the dramatic collapse of Silicon Valley Bank the “first Twitter-fueled bank run.” But in the highly networked tech industry, public social media feeds didn’t actually drive the fast-growing anxiety over SVB’s financial…

What was Silicon Valley Bank to the world of startups and venture capital? Practically everything. Conceived over a poker game between two of its founders nearly 40 years ago, the firm grew into the single most critical financial…

The ‘tech wreck’ sweeping through the technology sector has hit an Australian dad not once, but twice. A 42-year-old father-of-two has been made redundant two times in the past six months as the IT meltdown continues to wreak havoc.…

Australian online graphic design company Canva might be finally dragging itself out of a rut after a major investment firm marked up its value.Like many big tech companies in the world, Canva has had a rough year amid the market downturn…

An eagle-eyed entrepreneur has pointed out how a single photo sums up the crisis tech companies across Australia are currently facing. On Tuesday, Evan Clark, the founder and boss of education tool ClickView, stumbled across a sad sight on…

The Commonwealth Bank has been accused of putting “profits before people” with 113 staff set to be sacked and the roles sent offshore to India, according to the Finance Sector Union.Employees in jobs including technology and customer…

As private equity and venture capital managers chase smart money, battle investor complaints, and deal with shocks of dismal IPO listing and irregularities in some of the marquee startups where they have invested, the capital market has…

As millions of Australians race to secure their data in the wake of a devastating cyber attack on Optus, three words from a submission arguing against tighter privacy laws have come back to haunt the telco. Less than two years ago, Optus…

An Australian dad has been left fuming after he was dropped from his job before he had even worked his first day in the office. Earlier this year, Lucas*, from Sydney, was poached for a new role at a technology start-up called Zenbly Pty…