The ASD says that even just implementing the Top Four cyber security control strategies, let alone the Essential Eight, can stop 85% of cyber attacks. It’s a shame three-quarters of agencies haven’t implemented them, writes Bernard Keane.
In its recent Annual Cyber Threat Report for 2019-20, the Australian Cyber Security Centre expressed its frustration with the failure of many businesses to embrace effective cybersecurity — in particular, the ‘Essential Eight‘ mitigation strategies devised by the Australian Signals Directorate that form the basis of the Commonwealth’s security ‘baseline’.
“The ACSC responds to hundreds of cyber security incidents each year.
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