Andy Penn (IAC)
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The Cyber Security Industry Advisory Committee (IAC) is urging the Federal Government and businesses to ramp up their cyber security measures amid increasing threats due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The IAC, which is chaired by former Telstra CEO Andy Penn, said the current geopolitical situation, the expansion of hybrid work outside traditional corporate firewalls and evolving threat actors, had led to a spike in attacks against Australian entities.
Although Penn said that while “considerable progress” had been made on Australia’s 2020 Cyber Security Strategy, more progress was needed.
“New technologies and the move to more time being spent online as a result of COVID-19 has created greater opportunities for cyber criminals,” Penn said.
“At the same time geopolitical tensions have grown following Russia’s…
