Cyber security staff are not immune to companies re-evaluating their approaches to home-working, office space requirements, travel and global operations in light of the adaptions they have been forced to make during the pandemic.
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All businesses, job roles, departments and functions require performance management. Security is no different and this is now being seen as critical within the compliance and audit functions as part of the management of cyber risk.
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We are used to dealing with viruses in cyber security. They are one of our most familiar threats. New ones come out all the time, we study them, we understand their signatures, and then we update the protection of our population of systems, devices and users to detect them and prevent infection.
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As 2019 draws to a close, one thing is certain – the management of cyber risk is becoming a mainstream, front and centre, business imperative. Audit, compliance, security and governance are demanding cyber risks are managed with more accuracy and in a shorter timescale. Read the 2020 Cyber Security Predictions paper.
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The Australian Parliament hack, dubbed Australia’s “first national cyber crisis” by the Australian Signals Directorate, shows us all too clearly the risks associated with a targeted cyber breach. When valuable information is accessed the damage can be irreversible. This is particularly true for any country’s critical infrastructure sector. The enduring question remains, realistically what can organisations do to fend off the advances from sophisticated, targeted attacks?
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One thing that Huntsman (and all B2B companies) consider when creating marketing material is what terms people use to search for solutions within the orbit of the capabilities we provide (in our case cyber security).
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A contemporary defensive cyber security model, known as zero trust, requires organisations to fully develop and integrate the means to detect unwanted or suspicious behaviour throughout their business architecture. The legacy view that cyber security is fought on the perimeter battlefront doesn’t respect that most attacks originate from internal systems and applications already compromised. So, what does a pivot to zero trust mean for organisations who are keen to adopt this comprehensive approach to cyber security?
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Our CEO, Peter Woollacott, recently attended the 2019 RSA Conference in San Francisco. As the primary cyber security trade show in America, RSA is an enormous cyber security showcase, comprising product wares from a multitude of cyber technology vendors. A key theme throughout the conference was that of cyber trust and organisational trustworthiness.
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The famous criminal Willie Sutton was once asked “Why do you rob banks?” and his reply was simply “that’s where the money is!”.
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Cyber security has been a growing industry for many years now. From the first forays into Internet communication and the rise of e-commerce, mobile devices, cloud computing and social media – there has been a steady stream of technological advancements and a growing regulatory imperative to drive continued growth in investment in security as these new ways of doing business – digital transformation – have changed the risk profile.
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