Risk Management stories
Businesses in Australia and New Zealand are more likely to see outages hit revenue, with 52% reporting direct top-line damage.
Security leaders are now expected to show how their decisions speed deals, support revenue and shape strategy, not just stop breaches.
The deal will give SAP tools to clean up mixed enterprise data, helping customers feed more reliable records into AI agents and analytics.
Security teams risk missed attacks and slower investigations unless AI can see network traffic in motion across hybrid cloud environments.
Untested restore drills could leave firms facing longer outages, lost revenue and reputational damage when ransomware or system failures hit.
Greater scrutiny of generative AI is set to push observability spending up as companies seek to prove outputs are accurate and traceable.
Rising AI-driven attacks are pushing firms towards phishing-resistant logins, sharpening demand for hardware-backed authentication across the sector.
Many firms still lack recoverable copies of critical data as ransomware increasingly targets cloud and SaaS systems, experts warn.
Rising demand for faster, cheaper international transfers has sharpened competition among payment providers serving merchants and marketplaces.
Payment firms face heavier scheme scrutiny as the new tool targets merchants using cloaking, redirects and other tactics to evade checks.
Credit unions could cut call-centre traffic as Eltropy’s AI now verifies members and handles routine account tasks in one conversation.
Independent checks on digital identity products will now be carried out by Kantara as the OpenID Foundation expands its conformance programme.
With IT teams stretched thin, the platform automates Linux security and maintenance across cloud and on-premises systems while preserving oversight.
Training is outpacing oversight for AI use at many firms, with 43% yet to adopt a formal risk framework, Gallagher found.
Many firms still fail recovery tests, leaving cyber attacks or outages able to halt services and expose critical data.
Demand for round-the-clock cyber defence is pushing Slipstream Cyber to strengthen its operations as attacks become faster and more complex.
Pharmacists in New Zealand face a new safety net as the tool flags dose and interaction risks inside existing dispensing systems.
Institutions handling cross-border stablecoin flows could cut false compliance alerts as MetaComp adds AI risk checks and an agent governance standard.
The hire strengthens Openmarkets' bid to link trading systems with decentralised finance as it expands crypto and tokenised asset products.
The promotion is intended to strengthen Baidam’s growth plans as it broadens its executive team and sales leadership in Sydney.