Remote working has been accelerating across many different professions and industries for quite some time. The coronavirus pandemic has, however, put the practice into sharp focus. With governments pressing for all those who can work from home to work from home, the COVID-19 outbreak has fast-tracked a trial run of remote working at an unprecedented scale.

As we discussed in our recent blog, modern technology has made remote working a real and workable possibility for many more Australians. It's become invaluable today in helping to cope with the COVID-19 emergency as many are mandated to work from home (WFH).

Formjacking – the practice of exploiting weak security in forms on websites –together with IoT strikes – cyberattacks on IoT devices – are emerging as the new normal in data security risks. Fast-overtaking traditional practices like phishing, these increasingly sophisticated techniques are being used to source valuable personal data.

In the face of accelerating global growth in IoT, many firms in Australia have yet to devise an IoT business strategy to help them connect and take part in the new economic opportunities that will be created by connecting just about everything.

If the concepts of artificial intelligence and augmented reality still sound like science fiction to you, the dawning of the new decade will come with a huge wake-up call.  Already, these and other new technology trends in business are being embraced by forward-thinking enterprises to transform business operations and drive competitive advantage.