In the past Information Security and Risk were not in any measure a key focus areas for the CIO. Today there are multiple risks that every business faces and cyber security is now becoming on the radar of the both the board and the CIO.
AGL is transitioning its business, focusing on how it can deliver reliable, affordable energy to its customers and decarbonise its generation portfolio over time, and the digital agenda.
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I’m posting this story from London a few minutes after Prime Minister David Cameron announced his resignation following the decision to exit the EU. What is the implication of this momentous vote on Britain?
We have heard about the gaps in the marketplace – we can’t find good cyber security resources. I’ve also heard that students remark that I can’t get a job in cyber, even after doing a degree in this area.
One of the great things about working for an organisation like Ramsay Health Care, is our brand promise; ‘people caring about people’ is something we live and breathe. Caring about our patients and staff means doing the right thing and protecting their privacy, be it in the clinical context or that of the digital world.
"There is little or no consideration of the underlying motivations and failures of the reported threat, which would enable them to make a more informed decision regarding their organisational risk and the value of mitigating the threats."
"It is really powerful when a business executive or Board of Directors grasp the significance of this new risk area and start to drive security decisions and opportunities rather than reacting to scare stories."
Move over Zoolander, this is not about weather that upsets your hair-do.
You have either been hacked or are being attacked as we speak or you will be in the future. It’s clear that Cyber insurance is a subject that is not often discussed openly and this is an area we are all learning about.
I’ve been recently invited by Finsia to attend as their representative at the Inaugural National Fintech Cyber Security Summit.This event is being held in Sydney on May 3rd and is aimed to help to accelerate the relationships and collaborations necessary to develop Australia’s innovative capability in fintech cyber security.
Cyber security has transformed from what most viewed as an IT issue to a central business concern, and the CIO and CISO roles are shifting in response. If we’re to keep up the pace and adopt emerging technologies, security needs to be a priority and CIOs and CISOs need to work together to mitigate risk in organizations across industries and throughout government.
Neighbourhood watch was created in the 1980’s and I recall putting a sticker on the front window of my own home. The idea was simple - if we all were on alert to crime then we could then as a community discourage criminals.
An organisation needs consumer trust to be successful in this transformation journey. Deloitte’s recent Privacy Index shows that consumer trust is key to a faster adoption of new products and services and that cyber security, together with the privacy it engenders, are key enablers in this transformation journey.
Most organisations have moved to two factor authentication for their online banking transactions, but in recent events all the big banks were attacked despite this already being in place.