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Survey reveals urgent need for prioritisation of network and security architecture transformation and adoption of a Zero Trust ‘Resilient by Design’ approach for cyber resilience strategies in the face of inevitable future attacks

• 75% of Australian organisations expect to experience a significant failure scenario in the next year.
• 97% of Australian IT leaders ‘believe’ their current cyber resilience measures are effective, yet ransomware attacks continue to rise and cost organisations billions of dollars per year.
• But only 32% say their cyber resilience strategy is up-to-date in preparation for modern attacks in response to the rise of AI
• Australian organisations must more closely examine their ability to respond to advanced cyber breaches, which allow threat actors to access systems, move laterally, and steal sensitive data.

Palo Alto Networks research find Australians blame executives more than tech workers when their organisation is attacked.

GUEST OPINION by Shehzad Merchant, Chief Technology Officer, Gigamon:  Dealing with a security incident requires not just prompt notification of the incident but the ability to triage the cause of the incident.

Concerns around security, privacy, cloud and technology resilience in the IT audit industry are being further fueled by shifting business priorities, the pandemic-induced remote work environment and accelerated deployment of new technologies entering into 2021, according to a new global survey.

With corporate reputations trashed by the mishandling of cyber breach communications, what is the best practice in communicating about a cyber breach that respects privacy and honours trust and ethics?