Australia failing on e-security

‘Security by obscurity’ seems to be a popular Australian fallacy.

The issue of security has gained widespread attention in recent years, but despite the warnings, Australian organisations are still failing to adequately secure their mission critical systems from the risk of external attack.

According to the country’s leading information security specialist, recent trends in software development are increasing business exposure to having their valuable data hacked and stolen, or losing control of their servers.

Professor Bill Caelli is concerned that many organisations believe their Web- and PC-based transactional systems to be secure, when nothing could be further from the truth.

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