FEATURE : THREAT ASSESSMENT
Infosec teams must act and think differently to combat adversaries
Australia ’ s government and institutions are being targeted by ongoing sophisticated state-based cyber hacks . Rick McElroy , Cyber
Security Strategist at VMware Carbon Black , discusses intrinsic security and testing and why it is now more important than ever before with the shift to remote working in the era of COVID .
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have been following , with interest , the attacks on the Australian Government which have led to quite a bit of publicity and debate around who the culprits are behind the cyberattacks . Australian Prime Minister , Scott Morrison , confirmed the attacks were widespread across ‘ all levels of government ’ including in essential services and businesses . In July , he announced that A $ 1.35 billion in existing defense funding would be spent over the next decade to boost the cybersecurity capabilities of the Australian Signals Directorate ( ASD ) and the Australian Cybersecurity Center ( ACSC ).
Additionally , the federal government wants to create more than 500 new jobs in its highly secretive cyber intelligence agency as part of what it ’ s calling Australia ’ s largest-ever investment in cybersecurity . Organizations and governments are under incredible pressure during the outbreak of COVID-19 and many nation-state actors have seen this as a perfect crisis to exploit . www . intelligentcio . com INTELLIGENTCIO
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