Mimecast Limited (Mimecast), an advanced email and collaboration security company announced its acquisition of Elevate Security, a provider of human risk management solutions. The acquisition strengthens Mimecast’s offerings by providing proactive insights and deeper visibility into human behaviors and risk, helping customers better protect the digital workplace. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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“People, communications and data are core to every organization and artificial intelligence has accelerated cyber criminals’ ability to exploit these essential elements for their own gain,” said David Raissipour, Chief Technology and Product Officer at Mimecast. “People are historically the largest vulnerability in an organization but can also be the strongest line of defense if given the right tools and education. That’s our goal with this acquisition and core to our work – manage risk by understanding human behavior in the context of a complex environment and then acting on it.”

The Elevate Security security platform has the flexibility to ingest human behavior and context data from a range of sources. It then flags high-risk people using a precision risk scoring algorithm. Combined with tools such as Mimecast’s Awareness Training, these capabilities can help drive targeted intervention and training that reduces overall risk and exposure for companies.

The capabilities that Elevate Security’s technology powers combined with Mimecast’s portfolio of products, demonstrates Mimecast’s continued commitment to leading customers through the next generation of human risk management.

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“Elevate Security prides itself on being one of the first human risk platforms to help organizations identify high-risk people and automate responses and safeguards, and we have long admired Mimecast’s commitment to changing user behavior to enhance protection,” said Robert Fly, CEO and Co-Founder Elevate Security. “We have no doubt that our combined strengths will help break new ground that changes the security conversation.”

Mimecast will continue to maintain and support the existing Elevate Security customer base. The integration process has begun and customers can expect to start seeing some of the new technology integrated into Mimecast products in upcoming quarters.

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imo’s new Passkeys function leads the path for secured, safe and seamless communication 

Popular instant communication platform, imo, has recently launched Passkeys, enabling password-less login through biometrics. Powered by robust asymmetric cryptography technology, the function also reduces credential theft, ushering in a new standard of seamless authentication that delivers the optimal balance of security, privacy and convenience that users demand.

With Passkeys, users can conveniently unlock their imo account using their face, fingerprint, or PIN during login. This biometric data is not sent to imo to safeguard users’ privacy. imo’s state-of-the-art asymmetric cryptography safeguards users against password theft by malicious websites. Using fingerprints and facial recognition to verify a user’s identity eliminates the need to remember passwords and undergo the cumbersome secondary authentication process through SMS, especially across borders. These features create a seamless and highly secure login that improves the sign-in experience for imo’s global user base.

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Passkeys signifies a major upgrade to account security and access. Leading platforms like WhatsApp and TikTok have also implemented the technology in moves beyond vulnerable password-based systems and tedious SMS-based two-factor authentication. imo joins this shift toward more robust login security.

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As global communication advances, security concerns remain paramount. imo remains committed to developing innovative solutions for seamless, private messaging between global users. Passkeys represent the next generation of login technology, and imo is proud to be driving this new standard for its expanding global user base.

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Knightscope, a leading developer of autonomous security robots and blue light emergency communication systems, announces an expansion contract for 3 K1 Blue Light Towers with a public transportation provider located in Texas, bringing the total number of Towers purchased to 13. In addition, contracts for the Knightscope Emergency Management System (“KEMS”), a full-service maintenance program and a 2-year voice and data plan were signed to cover all 13 devices.

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This client operates bus, paratransit services and a commuter rail system that serves a large city and several suburbs in multiple counties of central Texas. They cover over 500 square miles of service area with a system of more than 1,600 bus stops and 80 routes. The system supported a ridership of over 21 million people, or approximate 81,000 per weekday, as of the third quarter of 2023.

Knightscope’s Blue Light Towers provide those passengers with familiar, highly visible points to establish reliable, one-touch communication with emergency services. Blue Light Towers are always available and are particularly helpful when cell phone service is scarce or a phone’s battery has died, and they provide the exact location of the device being used so that services may be quickly dispatched. By contrast, law enforcement professionals are unable to pinpoint people using their personal cellular devices to contact 911 because GPS data is not transmitted through the system.

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Knightscope is an advanced public safety technology company that builds fully autonomous security robots and blue light emergency communications systems that help protect the places people live, work, study and visit. Knightscope’s long-term ambition is to make the United States of America the safest country in the world.

We are Autonomous Security Robots (ASRs).  We use a unique combination of self-driving technology, robotics, artificial intelligence (A.I.) and electric “vehicles” to provide humans with extra eyes, ears and a voice on the ground. We can be in multiple locations at the same time, helping you protect the places people live,

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Enterprises and governments worldwide rely on Trend to bridge the gap between security and compliance

Trend Micro Incorporated a global cybersecurity leader, announced its latest platform compliance achievement: Trend Cloud One for Government has obtained a FedRAMP ATO (Authorization to Operate). This builds upon over a dozen similar certifications as well as support for customers to meet local compliance regulations in 175+ countries – making Trend’s platform the global leader in adapting to security regulations.

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Mark Houpt, Chief Information Security Officer at DataBank: “When evaluating a security vendor, we examine every element of their offerings to understand their expertise and how they compare to others in the industry. An authorization to operate with FedRAMP is highly sought after as an indication of the highest level of security capability and compliance. It offers value to enterprises worldwide, regardless of their US federal needs. By partnering with Trend, we are empowered to pass the benefits of this achievement to our customers and their organizations.”

Trend has also been named a leader in the hybrid cloud workload security market by IDC for five consecutive years.*

Karen Laughton, Executive Vice President of Advisory Services at Coalfire:”The market is in need of a comprehensive platform that grants visibility to cyber risk and makes remediation manageable. As our long-standing partner passes this new FedRAMP milestone, we’ll be delighted to deliver the outstanding capabilities in the Trend Micro offering. Trend’s tireless commitment to the federal government space provides public sector authorities and suppliers with the scalable, flexible security they need to manage risk effectively.”

What takes multiple solutions from other vendors can be done with a single offering from Trend Micro that includes capabilities for intrusion defense to mitigate attacks and identify potential risks, identify and reduce vulnerabilities and filter out exploits of unpatched vulnerabilities, allowing time for normal patch cycles to complete while limiting unwanted exposure. As a SaaS delivery model, customers enjoy reduction in operational impact via automated installation, configuration updates, patching and backups, enabling them to focus on more pressing security tasks.

The solution brings the highest level of protection to federal and compliance-driven organizations, which are often targeted by threat actors. Capabilities include:

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• Complete endpoint and workload security: Secure ­user endpoints, servers, data centers, and cloud workloads using a comprehensive SaaS solution without compromising performance.
• Highest level of protection against all types of threats: Detect and protect against vulnerabilities, malware, and unauthorized changes with comprehensive security for multiple environments.
• Integrations that enable faster detection and response: Eliminate blind spots, alert overload, operational complexity, and security gaps.
• Simplified compliance: Certified under FedRAMP, ISO, CSA, and more, Cloud One has the compliance capabilities to confidently streamline cyber risk management.

Achieving this FedRAMP status represents confidence from the US public sector in Trend’s ability to secure the growing cloud attack surface of government agencies as well as their partners and suppliers.

Trend is committed to data privacy and information collection transparency. Data processing will remain in the US and data will be separated from the commercial Trend Micro cloud environment to ensure it is only accessible to analysts with security clearance to meet strict FedRAMP requirements.

Craig P. Abod, President at Carahsoft: “As Trend Micro’s public sector distributor, Carahsoft is pleased to see this critical milestone in the FedRAMP authorization process. Trend’s investments demonstrate the significance of the FedRAMP program, its dedication to facilitating secure cloud migration for agencies, and acknowledgement of the program’s importance to their customers and reseller partners who support this market.”

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Keytalk AI is building the global story idea platform “Lewis” with the support of Microsoft Korea. The goal of the agreement is to leverage Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service to enable a platform for literary and creative creators.

Keytalk AI signed an agreement with Microsoft Korea and Kyobo Book Centre to collaborate on lowering the barrier to entry for local IP content creators using generative AI.

The goal of the agreement is to leverage Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service to enable a platform for literary and creative creators. Through this, Keytalk AI will focus on the core areas of planning, building, and operating the global story idea platform “Lewis” with the support of Microsoft Korea. Kyobo Book Centre will focus on activating the platform in conjunction with its creator platform “Nalcee (Creative Weather)” and developing a new creative ecosystem fit for the era of generative AI.

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The agreement aims to lower the entry barriers for domestic creators to generative AI and increase the scope and capabilities of AI utilization to inspire their creative activities. The cooperation with Microsoft Korea will enable domestic creators to use the latest AI models, creating a variety of use cases in the book and content industry.

Keytalk AI lowers the barrier for creators to use generative AI by providing prompts that guide them into genres, concepts, characters, and worlds when they begin a new creative project. By simply mixing and matching prompts such as “across time,” “against injustice,” or “unique setting,” you can generate over a trillion different stories, characters, and worlds – and edit them just as easily.

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Keytalk AI made a global name for itself in February 2023, when its Movie Deep Search became the number one rated product of the month on Product Hunt. Since then, the company has launched a movie synopsis generator on its ‘Maimovie’ app and in November launched a closed beta of an AI-powered story generation platform, Lewis.

Unlike traditional methods of data labeling, which require extensive input from human annotators, the Keytalk system is automated. It bundles and scores the various nuances of natural language expressions into a Keytalk prompt that is automatically updated with machine learning. This allows AI prompts to be “engineered” and even adapt to changing contexts of human expression.

The spokesperson of Kyobo Book Centre said, “We hope to open the door to domestic creators and actively support them through this collaboration,” and added, “We hope that the K-content industry leveraging AI technology will continue to develop and attract global attention.”

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The spokesperson of Microsoft Korea stated, “We are pleased to join hands with Korean creators to lower the entry barriers for generative AI and support their creative activities. Microsoft Korea will continue to actively support their activities and work together to develop Korea’s creative ecosystem.”

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Underscoring commitment to elevating Security for AI standards

HiddenLayer, the leading security provider for artificial intelligence (AI) models and assets, proudly announces its partnership with the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) Program as a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA), reinforcing our commitment to enhancing AI system security.

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HiddenLayer joins over 300 organizations across 37 countries, authorized by the CVE Program to assign CVE IDs to vulnerabilities within their specific scopes, enabling the efficient collaboration of multiple parties to address known AI security risks. Each CNA has a specific Scope of responsibility for vulnerability identification and publishing. HiddenLayer is now authorized to assign CVEs to new zero-day vulnerabilities in both third-party software that does not fall under the scope of another CNA, and within their own products. This enables HiddenLayer in its mission to help protect the world’s most valuable technology, Artificial Intelligence.

“Being acknowledged as a CNA underscores HiddenLayer’s dedication and responsibility towards enhancing security for AI,” said Tom Bonner, VP of Research of HiddenLayer. “With the recent proliferation of machine learning and artificial intelligence, it is imperative that organizations have a complete awareness of the risks posed by insecure libraries, applications, and services. By researching and reporting vulnerabilities in critical ML and AI systems, HiddenLayer is underlining our commitment to help advance the security posture for the entire industry.”

The CVE Program, sponsored by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), aims to identify, define, and catalog publicly disclosed cybersecurity vulnerabilities. The CVE Program is community-driven and is steered by an international board of industry, academic, and government representatives.

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HiddenLayer offers a comprehensive suite of products through its AISec Platform to safeguard AI models from adversarial attacks, vulnerabilities, and malicious code injections. In addition, HiddenLayer collaborates with clients, providing consulting services leveraging deep domain expertise in cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, reverse engineering, and threat research.

HiddenLayer’s Adversarial Machine Learning (AdvML) experts empower cybersecurity teams and data scientists with knowledge, insight, and tools to integrate security into the MLOps Pipeline, understand the latest adversarial AI tactics and countermeasures, map the current AI threat landscape, develop high-impact attack scenarios, validate AI environments, and implement operational security controls that satisfy both data science and security teams’ needs.

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HellasQCI and Nokia lead way to the future of Quantum-Safe Networks

• Trial showcases hybrid approach with both classic and quantum physics key generation to help HellasQCI reach its goal of Quantum-Safe Networks for critical infrastructure security across Greece

• Results demonstrate critical interoperability in the quantum key distribution (QKD) architecture and how Nokia’s portfolio is equipped to help secure the network against quantum attacks at the lowest latency and lowest cost per bit

• HellasQCI project consortium is led by GRNET – National Infrastructures for Research and Technology, and operates under the auspices of the Greek Ministry of Digital Governance. GRNET provides networking, cloud computing and high-performance computing connecting more than 150 organizations across 50 cities and serves hundreds of thousands of users

Nokia announced it has successfully completed a proof of concept (PoC) of Quantum-Safe Networks (QSN) in a complex optical network ring topology across three locations in Greece with HellasQCI, the Greek National Quantum Communication Infrastructure Consortium. Nokia successfully demonstrated hybrid key generation using both classic and quantum physics to generate and distribute Quantum-Safe keys for encrypted optical services. The goal of the PoC was to run use cases with the HellasQCI consortium members from government, research and education, defense, law enforcement and private sector critical infrastructure owners to ensure Quantum-Safe connectivity infrastructure.

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The PoC was performed on a ring connecting three nodes in GRNET’s Data Center, the National Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) Network Operations Center (NOC), and the NKUA Department of Informatics and Telecommunications (DIT), Optics Communications and Photonic Technology Laboratory (OPTCOMMS-PTL).

The positive potential of quantum computing is enormous. Today, governments and research organizations are investing in the technology to address issues such as sustainability, defense, and other societal challenges. Enterprises are using it across industries for applications like advanced financial computations, shaping the future of electric vehicles, or to better understand the impact of climate change on the power grid. However, the development of quantum computing also introduces an ability for this technology to easily penetrate systems previously regarded as secure, for example, by breaking existing encryption. This threat could easily damage life sustaining critical infrastructure. Hence, there is an urgent need to ensure networks are ready for quantum attacks through consortiums like HellasQCI who conduct rigorous tests and trials on their systems before bad actors can attempt to leverage quantum computing, overwriting current encryption technologies.

The HellasQCI consortium consists of 14 public organizations and private corporations, and is led by GRNET as project coordinator and NKUA as its technical coordinator. GRNET operates under the auspices of the Greek Ministry of Digital Governance, providing networking, cloud computing, high-performance computing, and e-Infrastructures. It connects more than 150 organizations across 50 cities and serves hundreds of thousands of users daily in public administration, education, research, health and culture.

The Nokia QSN solution showcased the value added by the Nokia Security Management Server (SMS) to orchestrate Quantum-Safe keys and provide continuous monitoring and management of quantum secured connectivity. This particular SMS is the Quantum-Safe Key orchestrator, managing key requests and assuring Quantum-Safe services for the given crypto period. Upon continuous monitoring of Quantum-Safe connectivity service, the system’s SMS can increase secured connectivity resiliency automatically by reverting to classic physics-based keys in case of issues on the QKD layer.

Dr. Ognjen Prnjat, Director for European Infrastructures and Projects Directorate at GRNET, said: “We are very pleased with the successful completion of the PoC with Nokia, which is one of the key milestones for the HellasQCI project that establishes the National Quantum Communication Infrastructure in Greece. GRNET plays a crucial role in various European infrastructures for research and education, including EOSC, EUDAT, EGI, GÉANT, PRACE, and EuroHPC, and we are honored to have been given the responsibility by the Ministry of Digital Governance to lead the implementation of this innovative quantum network infrastructure as part of the pan-European Quantum Communication Infrastructure (EuroQCI) initiative. The PoC demonstrated the feasibility and the benefits of Quantum-Safe Networks for securing critical communications in Greece and in Europe and we look forward to continuing our collaboration with Nokia and other partners to develop and deploy an operational and secure EuroQCI.”

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James Watt, Head of the Optical Networks Division at Nokia, said: “We are proud to partner with HellasQCI and its consortium members to demonstrate our QSN solution in this challenging and innovative PoC. Test environments like this are crucial to ensure networks are ready for quantum-level cybersecurity attacks, which are inevitable as quantum computing becomes more accessible around the world. Nokia brings a structured framework and a collaborative partner-based approach combined with our world-leading networking expertise with extensive experience managing large-scale and complex deployments with multi-connectivity domain and multi QKD vendor technologies.”

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NEXCOM a leading supplier of network appliances, proudly unveils the NSA 7160R, the latest addition to its high-performance cybersecurity and networking product line. Powered by the revolutionary 5th Gen Intel Xeon scalable processor family and equipped with advanced technologies for security and AI application, this cutting-edge appliance guarantees unmatched performance and efficiency and ensures a robust defense against cyber threats.

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The NSA 7160R excels with increased DDR bandwidth up to 5600 MT/s and a larger LLC, delivering enhanced performance and reduced latency for networking workloads. Its built-in accelerators make it a core solution for managing growing processing workloads. With CXL 1.1 support, the NSA 7160R harnesses the power of coherent interconnectivity, critical for performance-intensive workloads like AI, machine learning, and analytics.

Designed in a 2U server form factor, it offers exceptional expandability, featuring eight PCIe Gen5 extension slots for scalable configurations. This adaptability allows your network to evolve seamlessly alongside your business needs, making it an ideal choice for diverse applications, including 5G Core, content delivery networks, load balancing, AI tasks, cybersecurity, video edge, and virtualized environments.

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“NEXCOM is proud to be among the first companies to introduce the 5th Gen Intel Xeon platform to the market,” said Allan Chiu, VP of Network & Communication Solutions at NEXCOM. “We are launching our new flagship product that offers our customers unmatched performance, advanced security features, and unparalleled scalability. With our productive collaboration and incorporation of the latest Intel technologies, NEXCOM continues to lead the industry, delivering unprecedented performance to the network sector.”

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With many children’s apps lacking transparency in the data-safety and privacy practices, these apps may also be engaging in invasive practices, potentially exposing children to exploitative advertising and even criminal activity. Incogni analyzed the 10 most popular child-targeted apps from 59 countries and found that half of these apps extensively collect children’s data, and many don’t follow the best data privacy guidelines.

In today’s world, where kids spend so much of their free time on mobile devices, keeping them and their personal information safe becomes a challenge. Insufficient parental supervision can facilitate the exposure of children’s data, not only for marketing purposes but also for malicious and criminal activity targeting children.

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Incogni, a leading personal information removal service, has conducted an analysis of child-targeted Android apps, shedding light on concerning data privacy practices prevalent in children’s apps globally.

The data was gathered and analyzed for the 10 most popular child-targeted apps from 59 countries, which yielded a total of 74 unique apps—primarily games. The investigation focused on the data safety sections of these apps on the Google Play Store.

Out of these 74 popular children’s apps, Incogni identified 34 that were collecting user data, and 21 that were sharing data.

Among the most data hungry apps are: “Toca Boca Jr: Hair Salon 4”, “Kahoot! Play & Create Quizzes”, “Toca Boca Jr”, “WildCraft: Animal Sim Online”, “Avatar World: City Life”, “Baby Panda World: Kids Games”, “Miraculous Life”, “BabyBus Kids: Video&Game World”, Aha World: Create Stories”, “Toca Life World: Build a Story”, “Baby Panda’s Kids Play”. The most data sharing are the following: “Duddu – My Virtual Pet Dog”, “Bubbu – My Virtual Pet Cat”, “Truck games – build a house”, “Bubbu School – My Virtual Pets”, “Paper Princess’s Dream Castle”, “Paper Princess: Shining World”, “Builder Game”.

The 34 data-collecting apps gather data from an average of 5.7 data points and share from an average of 2.8 data categories. Notably, 11 apps were recognized as particularly data-hungry, collecting 7 or more data points, with five collecting 10 or more, mainly their users’ approximate location (4), email addresses (8), photos (2), and purchase histories (8). These 11 apps accounted for 55% of all data points collected by the investigated apps, including analytics, app functionality, fraud prevention, and advertising/marketing.

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Almost all data-collecting apps claimed to encrypt data and remain committed to the Google Play Families Policy. However, only 62% of data-collecting apps allowed users to request the deletion of their data.

In a global breakdown, apps popular in Oceania exhibited the highest average of 5.3 data points per use, with those in New Zealand coming in at the top with 5.3 collected data points, followed by Australia with collected 5.1 data points. The most popular apps for kids in those countries are: Toca Life World: Build a Story, Blake eLearning, Avatar World: City Life, Kahoot: Play and Create Quizzes.

Apps in Europe averaged 5 data points, with those in Finland, Ireland, Poland, and Portugal leading in data collection. Apps popular in Pakistan and Algeria were identified as having the least data-hungry apps, with 0.2 data points on average. In India the most popular apps for kids collect 1.0 data point. The most popular apps in this country are: Piano Kids: Listen&Learn, Coloring Games: Color&Paint, Kids Games: For Toddlers 3-5.

The complexity of privacy settings, legal and regulatory gaps, and weak enforcement, contribute to the persistence of exploitative practices. The issue is intensified further by the lack of parental education.

Incogni emphasizes the need for enhanced transparency and user control, urging app developers to prioritize the privacy and security of their youngest users.

“Addressing this problem requires collaborative efforts from parents, regulators, and tech companies to establish and enforce clear and strong standards that prioritize children’s online safety and privacy, including parental education, industry self-regulation, and legal frameworks.” Darius Belejevas, Head of Incogni, outlines.

Incogni’s study, based on the rankings provided by Appmagic.rocks2 in the kids’ category, covered apps popular in 59 countries. The information on each of the 74 identified apps was then collected from the data safety sections of the Google Play Store pages and further aggregated on a country and regional level for analysis. Data collection from the Google Play Store took place on November 28, 2023.

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Tennis Australia announced it has extended its partnership with CyberCX, Australia’s leading cyber security services organisation, as the Official Cyber Security Partner of the Australian Open.

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CyberCX will help Tennis Australia strengthen its digital defences, providing best in breed cyber security services to support the delivery of one of the world’s largest tennis tournaments.

Tennis Australia Chief Commercial Officer Cedric Cornelis said, “We are delighted to partner with CyberCX again in 2024, recognising their ongoing commitment to support the Australian Open and the broader tennis community.

“As the industry leader in the cybersecurity space, CyberCX are the ideal partner for the Australian Open, the largest sport and entertainment event in the world in January. We look forward continuing to work with their team to deliver an outstanding summer of tennis.”

CyberCX CEO John Paitaridis said, “The Australian Open is an iconic and important event for the local community and for an audience of millions more tuning in around the world.

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“As the inaugural cyber security partner of the Australian Open in 2023, we are proud to return and provide our leading cyber expertise to support a successful tournament in 2024,” said Paitaridis.
Australian Open 2024, supported by major partner Kia in association with Emirates, Luzhou Laojiao and Rolex, will take place at Melbourne Park from 14-28 January 2024.

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