In Episode 016 of REDD’s Business and Technology Podcast, our hosts Jackson Barnes (Head of Business Development – REDD), and Brad Ferris (CEO – REDD) interview Lane Roush (Global Senior Vice President of Global Sales Engineering for Arctic Wolf) & Steve Craig (Chief Sales Officer – Arctic Wolf). Arctic Wolf is a global security operations giant […]

     In Episode 015 of REDD’s Business and Technology Podcast our hosts Jackson Barnes (Head of Business Development – REDD), and Nigel Heyn (Founder and Director – REDD) interview Lani Refiti. Lani is an expert in everything emerging technologies with over 20 years experience working and consulting for leading cyber brands. Currently founding […]

In Episode 012 of REDD’s Business and Technology Podcast our hosts Jackson Barnes (BDM – REDD), and Brad Ferris (CEO – REDD) interview Steve Hunter, Director, Sales Engineering at Arctic Wolf ANZ. Steve shares his insights from starting as an engineer with Cisco, to moving to Forescout, then to Google and ultimately to Arctic Wolf […]

Microsoft Secure Score is a measurement of an organisation’s security posture, with a higher number indicating more improvement actions taken. It can be found at https://security.microsoft.com/securescore in the Microsoft 365 Defender portal. Following the Secure Score recommendations can protect your organisation from threats. From a centralised dashboard in the Microsoft 365 Defender portal, organisations can […]

This month (October 2022) The Australian Institute of Company Directors published “Cyber Security Governance Principles for Directors (link here). REDD’s duty of care is to bring this to the attention to all Directors and Senior Managers to review this document and consider the principles in the context of your business. The following principles have been […]

  In this episode our hosts Jackson Barnes (BDM – REDD) and Brad Ferris (COO – REDD) interview Steven Hunwicks Special Counsel – IP, Technology and Cybersecurity at HopgoodGanim Lawyers, to discuss legal and contractual issues and strategies in the IP, Technology and Cyber space. Recorded Friday September 30, 2022. If you would like to […]

Software vulnerabilities are an unfortunate part of working with technology. A developer puts out a software release with millions of lines of code. Then, hackers look for loopholes that allow them to breach a system through that code. The developer issues a patch to fix the vulnerability. But it’s not long before a new feature […]

In this episode our hosts Jackson Barnes (BDM – REDD) and Brad Ferris (COO – REDD) interview Rob Brown (Director Cyber & Forensics at McGrathNicol) to discuss Cyber Security in 2022. Particularly we discuss the recent Optus and Uber hacks, Essential 8, Cyber Insurance, Cyber Awareness training and the key risks facing SMBs in Queensland. […]

In this episode our hosts Jackson Barnes (BDM – REDD) and Brad Ferris (COO – REDD) interview Isaac Nicol (Head of ICT at EPIC Assist) and discuss his journey at EPIC Assist (Not for Profit). Particularly we discuss with Isaac how to leverage EPIC’s NFP status with Microsoft and other vendors to increase cyber security […]

How many text messages from companies do you receive today as compared to about two years ago? If you’re like many people, it’s quite a few more. This is because retailers have begun bypassing bloated email inboxes. They are urging consumers to sign up for SMS alerts for shipment tracking and sale notices. The medical […]

The number of internet-connected devices in homes has been growing. It’s increased exponentially over the last decade. A typical home now has 10.37 devices connected to the internet. PCs and mobile devices make up a little over half of those and the rest are IoT devices. IoT stands for Internet of Things. It means any […]

You’ve completed your annual phishing training. This includes teaching employees how to spot phishing emails. You’re feeling good about it. That is until about 5-6 months later. Your company suffers a costly ransomware infection due to a click on a phishing link. You wonder why you seem to need to train on the same information […]