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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 organisation needed to batten down the hatches – and fast .
“ 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 .”
In fact , it required a re-evaluation of security processes and measures , Render explained .
“ We were forced to consider what our security footprint actually looked like
– and whether it was supportive of modern standards , approaches and techniques . And it genuinely wasn ’ t – so we decided to align ourselves to a modernised security framework and to the ACSC ( Australian Cybersecurity Centre ) Essential 8 .”
Now , with Sophos MTR onboard , Render said the company has clinched a few pillars including : application control , application patching , application hardening , office macro control as well as enhancing end-point and web security .
What ’ s more , Sophos MTR is offering much needed peace of mind as it combines malicious traffic detection with real-time threat intelligence in a bid to prevent , detect and remediate threats with ease and efficiency .
“ There are eight pillars to help you achieve these securities standards and Sophos helped us achieve four of them ( contributing to the uplift of three more ) in one product ,” said Render .
And there ’ s lots at stake . Render said the latest security move is all part of a larger IT modernisation and transformational push – and uplifting the security posture was no small measure .
“ We have challenges around geographic location . We ’ re 11 people in a team supporting 3,000 people across 17 countries . But it ’ s a constant battle ensuring the entire network is part of the global solution and not operating in individual siloes .”
It ’ s a constant battle ensuring the entire network is part of the global solution and not operating in individual siloes .
But being prepared is not just a boy scout ’ s motto , but ‘ life or death ’ in the world of security – and Detmold needed greater insights .
Render said : “ One of the worst things about looking at IT security is you don ’ t know what you don ’ t know .
“ But now we know . There ’ s always that concern that if something malicious gets into your environment and if you ’ re in a small IT team , then you need to know , ‘ Are we able to react quick enough to prevent the spread of that malicious activity from causing real harm ?’”
But already , Detmold is kicking goals thanks to the technology partnership with Somerville , which helped it to manoeuvre complex vendor relationships , master and secure appropriate pricing , match-fit solutions to Detmold ’ s unique business needs and requirements and ultimately stay on course .
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