Comments on: Protecting the New Frontier https://www.openforum.com.au/protecting-the-new-frontier/ Open Forum offers an independent platform for Australian debate Tue, 19 Dec 2023 21:24:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.25 By: Alan Stevenson https://www.openforum.com.au/protecting-the-new-frontier/#comment-4348 Sat, 23 Dec 2017 05:27:53 +0000 http://www.openforum.com.au/?post_type=forumpost&p=11832#comment-4348 Catherine is, of course correct in all that she says regarding cyber security. The concept of agreed standards, protocols, cyber audits and an accreditation system are ideals. However, in all the (small) organisations I have worked in these are pie in the sky – they have no hope whatsoever in getting off the ground. We are dealing with people who do business face-to-face or by telephone – the very concept that they might be at risk simply does not enter the equation. Big business is equally at fault where the person in charge of the system is not a board member. Generally speaking, where the program manager is a director and can therefore keep the others informed the system is relatively safe, otherwise sales and marketing comes first with everything else a poor second.
I can understand and empathise with Catherine on this one. However, human nature being what it is . . .

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