GUEST OPINION: Australia’s 2024 Notifiable Data Breach Report from the OAIC underscores a troubling surge in data breaches year over year. The report highlights not only the growing frequency of these incidents but also the increasingly severe and widespread repercussions they have on both individuals’ personal data and the businesses involved. Staying ahead of internal vulnerabilities is essential.
With almost every business operating on software these days, cyber risk is business risk. Therefore, absolute visibility into an organisation’s digital assets is crucial, because you can’t secure what you don’t know about. Without this, security teams only have an illusion of control.
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Achieving this visibility starts with a comprehensive inventory of hardware, software and networks. For smaller companies, this might be a simple spreadsheet. Larger organisations require an IT Systems Management tool known as a Configuration Management Database (CMDB).
Similar to a well-organised library, this ‘inventory’ acts as IT’s source of truth, helping track all crucial elements such as computers, phones, tablets, sensors, software and systems. By knowing…
