Although Australia is fortunate to have escaped the increasing acts of violence that have visited campuses across the globe, university security has been bought to the forefront in the wake of a rising number of political protests and concerns over the security of sensitive research projects. 

UniCredit has revealed a data breach resulting in the leak of information belonging to three million customers. The Italian bank and financial services organisation said that a compromised file, generated in 2015, is the source of the security incident.

In a recent report on protecting executives from cyberattacks, Cypient Black found that along with rising traditional enterprise attacks against corporate devices, networks and information, there have been increasing attacks against the extended enterprise such as cloud providers and vendor. Now a third attack area is also increasing but often not addressed by corporate budgets: entangled enterprise risk.

Registered nurses and hospital technicians working at Northern Light Health Maine Coast Hospital in the US have said they are subjected to multiple assaults by patients because of insufficient security and chronic understaffing.

While Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning bring huge benefits to the security landscape in cybersecurity, the door is wide open for physical security threats in the workplace. Workplace strategy and design are evolving alongside AI. The office of the future is designed with openness and connectivity, with open floor plans, glass walls, cafeterias, nap pods, and other amenities – and security design should evolve to bridge the human security and tech security needs accordingly.