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of the world ’ s largest and most iconic food and retail brands including McDonalds , Hungry Jacks , Subway , Coles , Woolworths and Jurlique .
Indeed , it ’ s a big move for the international manufacturing player and comes amid a rethink of priorities and security measures due to the raging global pandemic , and a growing recognition that the organization needed to batten down the hatches – and fast .
One of the worst things about looking at IT security is you don ’ t know what you don ’ t know . But now we know .
“ When COVID hit the world , everyone ’ s way of working literally shifted overnight . We had to facilitate more remote working , and more collaboration utilities . The security tools in place at the time , and our security environment , didn ’ t support us in the way that would make us feel comfortable ,” Render said , admitting he had more risk than ever before to contend with .
“ You ’ re allowing people to use their own home devices , more BYOD , there ’ s a lot more people dialling in over VPN – you name it . You have people connecting into your network from uncontrolled environments – all of this brings with it a heightened level of risk and concern .”
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