Insider threats are incredibly difficult to detect and protect against, yet they are amongst the most devastating attacks victims can suffer. Trusted insiders can be anyone with high-level access to systems or information, since this level of privilege is necessary for them to do their job; yet they misuse that privilege and undertake harmful actions against the organisation.
Read MoreThe difference between “performance indicators” (PIs) and “key performance indicators” (KPIs) seems obvious. “Key” ones are more important, they are a subset of a larger (and longer) list.
In security, particularly in compliance-driven environments where the information security management system (ISMS) is aligned to a standard, there can be over a hundred controls that must be in place and (ideally) routinely audited, monitoring and reported on.
Read MoreThe result of three recent cyber resilience audits conducted by the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) was released on 4 July. The report showed some encouraging results, but also highlighted some concerns. The need for real-time visibility of cyber security posture is becoming increasingly evident.
Read MoreThere is a growing range of ways to provide security control metrics and assessments for businesses. The intended audience of these solutions tends to be non-security people, for example senior board members (for enterprise security and the associated risks) and procurement or risk/compliance managers (for third party security risk exposures) who need an understanding of cyber risk and security control effectiveness to monitor performance, improvements or exceptions.
Read MoreVarious factors are converging to influence the need for better management of cyber security risk. Whether it’s to understand the effectiveness of security controls, isolate any weaknesses or to simply acknowledge cyber security as a corporate governance issue; the requirement for greater visibility of an organisation’s cyber security posture is a given.
Read MoreThere has been a massive up-swing in the formation, growth and adoption of managed security service providers (MSSP) in recent years. This has been driven by a number of trends such as the ever-growing cyber threat, the increase in the complexity and openness of technology systems, the shortage of cyber security skills (and the resulting difficulty in attracting and retaining good people) and the heightened regulatory and consumer pressures to protect systems and data.
Read MoreSecurity teams are always busy deploying and implementing security controls to try and prevent or detect cyber-attacks. Those controls, as well as the security configurations with the operating systems and networks they are responsible for protecting, introduce an ongoing management and operational load.
Read MoreFew organisations have the resilience to suffer a cyberattack as large as the one the Australian National University (ANU) notified last week. Data breaches of this magnitude certainly take their toll, and in this case the ANU will be feeling the pain for some time to come. But what happened and how can organisations better prepare themselves for this kind of attack?
Read MoreThe updated Australian Government Information Security Manual (ISM) was released by the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) at the end of 2018. The manual represents the ACSC and ASD’s knowledge of best practice cyber security measures based on their experience in responding to cyber security incidents within Australia.
Read MoreThere are plenty of stories about cyber crime affecting companies and individuals in the security industry and mainstream media – companies having data stolen, personal data being used for fraud, phishing scams, identity theft/fraud and ransomware being used to extort money.
The question is how can you and your business learn from these past cases and reduce your own exposure to the same sorts of attacks?
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