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Why Social Cohesion is a Board-Level Security Risk

📅 10/03/2026

In 2026, the definition of “security” for Australian organisations has expanded far beyond the technical silos of ICT and cyber. As part of Agilient’s constant environmental scanning of the threat and risk landscape, we have reviewed critical strategic assessments—including the…

Bondi’s Hard Lesson: Innovative Security, Mandatory Risk Assessments, and Why “Probable” Isn’t Overreacting

📅 18/12/2025

Introduction: When “Probable” Means Plan for the Worst The Bondi Beach attack underlined a brutal truth: Australia’s terrorism threat level is now (and has been for some time) PROBABLE—meaning there’s a greater than 50% chance of attack or attack planning…

5 Ways To Protect Your Organisation Against Cyber-Attacks

📅 11/05/2022

Cyber-attacks increased at an alarming rate after the Russian-Ukrainian war began, where several government sectors were targeted as well as major companies that hold vital information and data. These incidents make businesses wonder how they can be safe in any…

Standards Australia Handbook To Cover Terrorism & Protective Security

📅 19/12/2021

This article gives a brief overview of the Standards Australia (SA) Handbook (HB) 188: 2021 (Physical Protective Security). The handbook was prepared by a Standards Australia Consultative Committee. Agilient was proud to be a member of the Committee. HB 188…

Garmin Hackers Demand US$10 Million in Ransomware Attack

📅 03/08/2020

Early last week it was confirmed that GPS technology company, Garmin, has succumbed to a large-scale cyber-attack that has affected a significant number of their services worldwide, including apps, online services and call centres. On 23 July, Garmin shut down…

The 2019 London Bridge Terror Attack

📅 06/12/2019

At 1:58pm on 29th November 2019, two members of the public were fatally stabbed and another three people were injured in a terrorist attack on London Bridge. The attack was very closely located to the previous London Bridge attack in…

Time for Real Change: Reducing Violence Within Hospitals

📅 27/08/2019

Background The Agilient team of security consultants have many years of experience in providing best-practice security solutions to Hospitals, Health Centres, Local Health Districts, Health Departments and private Health Care Companies. This article is based on Agilient’s experience in working…

Counter-Terrorism: A Snapshot of Australia’s Threats and Responses

📅 05/08/2019

Since September 2014, Australian Police and security agencies have disrupted at least 16 terrorist plots, resulting in the arrest of over 40 people and the thwarting of nine attacks in our country. In a recent interview Duncan Lewis, the Director-General…

Month of May Plagued by Three Major Cyber Attacks

📅 24/05/2019

May 2019 has been a month full of controversy and chaos, as three major cyber attacks have been discovered lurking within three major companies: WhatsApp, CISCO and Intel. The WhatsApp Hack Early in the month, the Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp…

Taking Responsibility for Protecting our Places of Worship

📅 02/04/2019

The tragic attack against two mosques in the city of Christchurch in New Zealand has touched the hearts of millions around the world, and stands as a harrowing reminder of the uncertain times in which we live. A National Remembrance…

Australian Navy Ship Designs Stolen in Cyber Attack

📅 27/11/2018

Western Australian company Austal is considered one of around three hundred critical defence contractors in Australia. That is why, when the organisation was hacked in October this year, the Federal Police and the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) stepped in…

Email Impersonation Attacks Increased by 80%

📅 14/09/2018

The latest Email Security Risk Assessment (ESRA) has been made available by Mimecast, an email and email security provider. The Mimecast ESRA is a quarterly report of tests used to measure the effectiveness of email security systems used in businesses…

Third-Party Attacks Continue to Plague Companies in 2018

📅 07/08/2018

A worrying trend has emerged in 2018 and is impacting organisations and their clients around the globe. Essentially, malware attacks on organisations have been increasingly targeted through their third-party service providers, utilising the company’s lax vendor security measures to exfiltrate…

Huawei: Telecommunications Vs National Security

📅 09/07/2018

The Chinese telecommunications giant, Huawei, has been under scrutiny in the past few months. The company has been forced to assuage political fears that they’re using their networking and telephone products to interfere in national security concerns in Australia and…

The public face of secret intelligence & it’s threat on international security

📅 12/04/2018

This week, around twenty-five countries have expelled their Russian diplomats in the aftermath of an alleged James Bond-style assassination of a supposed former Russian spy. This ‘coalition of disapproval’ as The Guardian calls it, feels this murder is a serious…

A Quick Primer on ‘Foreign Intervention’

📅 11/12/2017

Hot on the heels of Sam Dastyiari’s recent scandals with Chinese donors, the Turnbull Government has decided to overhaul Australia’s counter-espionage and intelligence policies. Two pieces of legislation will be debated in Australian parliament in the next two months that…

Public Protests: Calming Anger and Violence on the Streets

📅 06/12/2017

This week, controversial alt-right personality Milo Yiannopoulos caused chaos in Melbourne. Protesters clashed violently outside the Melbourne Pavilion, causing injuries and arrests amongst the participants. Melbourne police were unimpressed with what they considered to be the calculated actions of “certain…

PREPARING FOR THE WORST CASE SCENARIO – ACTIVE SHOOTER EVENTS

📅 10/11/2017

Another mass shooting in the United States has shocked the world. Once again, there is the standard discussion in social and political circles about what can be done to prevent active shooter events from happening. Australia is extremely fortunate that…

Implanting Terror: Taking a Different Approach to Understanding Radicalisation

📅 06/11/2017

Halloween in New York became a day of genuine horror when eight people were killed during a terrorist attack. The perpetrator was shot by police and taken to a nearby hospital. Whilse recovering, he openly displayed his satisfaction towards his…

What’s That Deadly Sound? An introduction to non-lethal weapons

📅 23/10/2017

The US Department of State declared that around twenty-one USA diplomatic officials that were stationed in Havana, Cuba, had been allegedly subjected to ‘health attacks’ for the past year[1]. The victims suffered nausea, dizziness, memory and hearing loss and most…

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