Intelligent CIO APAC Issue 03 | Page 18

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SureCloud and FirmGuard join forces to deliver services in ANZ and APAC

SureCloud , a provider of Gartner recognized Integrated Risk Management ( IRM ) solutions and cybersecurity services , is teaming up with FirmGuard , an Australian information security , governance , risk and compliance specialist , to deliver a suite of services . The strategic partnership combines SureCloud ’ s technology and methodologies with FirmGuard ’ s expertise in compliance readiness and advisory solutions across global and regional security standards and regulatory frameworks .

Kaspersky helps universities and laboratories advance industrial cybersecurity research

Using the SureCloud platform and the Secure Controls Framework ( SCF ), FirmGuard will deliver faster and comprehensive readiness and mobilise engagements across multiple standards and control domains . The SureCloud platform offers enhanced end-user experiences , real time reporting , digestible dashboards and other automation . These capabilities enable organizations to act on readiness findings and remediate them prior to compliance or certification and manage on-going compliance obligations post-audit .
The partnership will also enable FirmGuard to provide a range of innovative cybersecurity services including an ‘ As-a-Service ’ proposition that gives its users access to SureCloud ’ s Cybersecurity- As-a-Service and PTaaS ( Pen-Testing-As-a-Service ) offering . This on-demand and subscription-based service will change the way clients consume cyber and risk services with a focus on strategic outcomes with fixed cost and on-demand support .
Ben Jepson , VP Cyber Services , SureCloud , said : “ We are delighted to be partnering with FirmGuard to bring our unique-tech enabled services underpinned by our GRC platform into the ANZ and APAC markets .”

Kaspersky has launched a dedicated collaboration programme to help institutions become better equipped at understanding the latest and most prevalent industrial cybersecurity threats .

By joining the programme , educational institutions , laboratories , research departments , security operations centres ( SOC ) and emergency response teams ( CERT and CSIRT ), that meet the partner profile criteria , will be able to improve how they conduct their research and train cybersecurity specialists using the Kaspersky Industrial Cybersecurity solution for free .
Industrial organisations keep facing the challenge of how to defend their industrial control systems ( ICS ) from a wide range of attacks . For instance , Kaspersky ’ s solutions helped to block malicious objects on nearly half ( 46 %) of ICS computers worldwide in 2019 .
With this in mind , laboratories and institutions are constantly working to create methods that reduce the risks to industrial processes and systems and develop requirements for safe industrial processes .
By closely collaborating with vendors , researchers who embrace dedicated security solutions can yield better results and foster the capabilities industrial organisations need to detect and defend themselves against the latest cyberthreats . •
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