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CSO Group ’ s integrated solutions secures NSW government department
SO Group has secured a
C four-year A $ 16 million deal with the NSW Department of Communities and Justice ( DCJ ).
The deal includes the refresh and uplift of cybersecurity capabilities and technologies for the cloud , endpoint and email , leveraging the recently launched CSO Managed Security Service .
The CSO Managed Cyber Assurance Service ( M-CAS ) delivers a seamless , integrated , Zero Trust platform and architecture providing advanced insights and increased security resilience and protection .
Leveraging strategic partnerships with CrowdStrike , Netskope , Airlock Digital and Proofpoint , the CSO managed service is the first highly sought-after ‘ Security Coalition ’ deployment that is further enhanced by its integration with the incumbent Okta solution .
The CSO M-CAS , provides enterprises with a unified , proactive and continuously evolving security solution that easily scales .
Michael Simkovic , CSO Group Chief Executive Officer , said : “ We are very proud of the work that our team has been providing our customers with and the partnership and trust that we have developed with the DCJ .
“ COVID-19 has ignited a rapid shift to an evolving threat landscape for organisations through an increase in remote work , moving people and assets outside the confines of a traditional perimeter .
“ Our integrated managed service and Spectra Alliance platform is the first-ofits-kind , providing our customers like DCJ with a scalable and fully integrated , Zero Trust solution .”
Michael Simkovic , CSO Group Chief Executive Officer
Report finds UK tech sector unprepared for cyberattacks
ne year on from emergency
O lockdown measures that forced
UK businesses to rapidly provision remote working tools , most IT and technology businesses have done little to bolster their own cyberdefences .
In fact , more than half of the firms in the sector ( 59 %) say their budgets are still insufficient to cover their cybersecurity needs , according to research conducted by the Ponemon Institute and commissioned by Keeper Security .
Over two-thirds ( 69 %) of UK technology companies suffered a cyberattack last year , with almost half ( 47 %) claiming the severity of these attacks has increased over the period . Despite the nature of the technology sector , specialist expertise in cybersecurity remains scarce , with the majority of UK tech firms ( 61 %) stating that they are without the necessary inhouse expertise .
“ The technology industry has been targeted by cybercriminals on a mass scale throughout the pandemic , yet with priorities focused on the immediacy of risks that would create tangible damage , it ’ s understandable that priorities have been focused on making sure businesses can simply continue to operate ,” said Darren Guccione , CEO and Co-founder of Keeper Security .
Technology chiefs believe the extraordinary conditions created by lockdowns ‒ remote working and the use of unmanaged devices ‒ heightened this level of risk , with 45 % of respondents blaming the conditions caused due to Covid-19 as affecting businesses ’ online security .
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