Recent high profile cyber-attacks have forced company boards to think much harder about the security of their customers’ information. IT security is no longer just about locking down networks. Hackers are more sophisticated than ever and government legislation now requires organisations to report when data breaches do occur.
Technology chiefs gathered in Brisbane recently to discuss how they are improving their cyber resilience and preparing for the inevitable data breach and the fallout that follows. After all, how a company responds to a breach and the leaking of private customer information is just as important as making sure the right security technology has been deployed. The roundtable luncheon was sponsored by Juniper and Communications Design & Management (CDM).
Juniper Networks Australia systems engineering senior manager, James Sillence, says since February this year, there has been a statutory obligation for an organisation to notify a data breach as part of its response to an incident.
“However, what is critically important following any data loss is for an…
