Intelligent CIO APAC Issue 19 | Page 23

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FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW TO SECURE YOUR WORKPLACE

Sydney-based Murray Mills , Manager – Cybersecurity at Tecala , tells us how companies can identify cybersecurity gaps that may require external assistance or additional resourcing .

With 2022 now underway it ’ s worth reflecting on the year that was , exploring what we ’ ve learned and what can be applied to your strategic planning for the next 12 months .

Last year at Tecala , we drew inspiration from a theme of emerging stronger from what 2020 and the first part of 2021 threw at all of us .
The message is effectively : meet security best practice or we won ’ t connect with you or integrate with your services .
Most organizations spent the year digitally transforming and adopting cloud-based systems to enable workfrom-anywhere scenarios .
Words like productivity and continuity permeated all technology and business conversations .
But so did security . With workforces distributed and working in new hybrid models , using technology systems they may have been unfamiliar with , an effective security solution for this environment was critical .
Organizations recognized this , but so did attackers . One survey found 73 % of Australian organizations fell victim to cyberattacks targeting remote workers in the past year , suggesting far more work is needed to layer additional protections , build resiliency and raise internal security awareness .
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