VENDOR ANNOUNCEMENT by AusCERT: Results from the BDO and AusCERT Cyber Security Survey 2018/2019 are in and with three years of data to draw upon, here are some of the key insights about the changing cyber security landscape.
Since 2018, the Australian and New Zealand industry has seen a positive shift in leadership engagement and cyber security awareness. While some of this may be attributed to changes in data protection regulations, it’s encouraging to see enhanced cyber maturity, management getting more involved and more businesses adopting cyber security awareness training.
Fast forward to 2020, and in the current COVID-19 environment,‘working from home’ is no longer the exception but the rule. As such, there is an overlap between the work and personal lives of staff, which has a flow-through effect on the threat and risk profiles for organisations and data exchange. The willingness and capability for organisations to recognise and adjust to this modern way of operating is a key theme of the 2019 Cyber Security Survey report recently published by BDO and AusCERT.
As the way we work changes, the complexities in identifying and addressing information security…
