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“FIRST question, did you know you got breached? Second, when are you going to get breached?”
This sentiment was offered by Dani Michaux (pic), partner of KPMG Management Consulting IT Advisory, against the backdrop of the Cyber Security Challenge held in late Nov. While behind her teams from Malaysia and Thailand fought to capture virtual flags from secured servers set up by KPMG, Michaux talked about the bigger picture of cyber security in Malaysia and the challenges faced by boards as they try to navigate their organizations into the digital era.
“Sometimes the CEOs and management sleepwalks with no reality how quickly their business has changed,” she says. “Oh yeah we just bought 20 companies and half of them had some technology aspects but we didn’t realize all the risks which came with that.”
As part of her role as the ASEAN and ASPAC Cyber Security Lead for KPMG, she frequently talks to Computer Information Security Officers (CISOs) throughout Malaysia. She knows all of them –…
