Australian organisations suffering ‘cyber fatigue’
Australian organisations are struggling to defend against cyber threats according to a recent study.
Australian organisations are struggling to defend against cyber threats according to a recent study.
The potential direct economic loss of cybersecurity incidents on Australian businesses is AU$29 billion per year, according to Microsoft.
Last year, AMP’s cyber team took a “fairly audacious target” to the board: bring down the number of cyber security vulnerabilities across the company by ten to 15 per cent every month.
Wetware, the fleshwall, meatware, warmware – whatever you call the sweaty-skin-bags-of-blood that sit at the desks round your office, they represent a major risk to cybersecurity in the enterprise.
Co-founder of the now-defunct Distribute.IT, Carl Woerndle, gives a warts and all account of the cyber attack so damaging it destroyed his once prospering technology business.
People underestimate how much cloud providers present a challenge to IT as it's practiced today in most organisations. A couple of news stories brought home this point. They illustrate the existential threat that cloud computing and its practices present to corporate IT groups.