The finding is linked to a lack of visibility of the business’s app estate and decentralised security governance.
The finding is linked to a lack of visibility of the business’s app estate and decentralised security governance.
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Common misconceptions and what you can do about them Contrary to common belief, the external threat – a threat actor hacking their way into your systems through technical skill alone – isn’t your biggest problem. In our previous interview with Damian Garcia, our head of GRC (governance, risk and compliance) consultancy, we learned about the internal, or insider, threat and its significance. If you don’t invest in cyber security or staff training, accidental breaches pose a far bigger threat than technically skilled hackers. Think about it from the attacker’s point of view: why bother taking the time and effort to
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Australia is among the APAC governments forging closer ties with the private sector due to the realisation that the public sector can no longer fight the increase in cyber criminals alone.
Expert insight from our head of GRC consultancy Our analysis of the ICO’s (Information Commissioner’s Office) public data set found that 29–35% of reported personal data breaches between 2019 and 2023 in the UK had been caused accidentally. That is, the incident type was one of: Sector patterns However, when we investigated the sectors suffering the most accidental breaches, we found that the entire top 3 comprised the public sector, with numbers as bad as 36.4%, 40.4% and 57.1% of all data breaches caused through human error. When we asked Damian Garcia, our head of GRC (governance, risk and compliance)
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