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\u201cWe have entered an age where management and boards of business must assume they are under cyber attack, not wait until they are bleeding,\u201d Mr Tudehope said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe assessment lays bare that cyber security is a growing issue, and national priority and everybody\u2019s business.\u201d<\/p>\n
Around the world, people increasingly recognise that cyber is the new fifth theatre of war, but it is also a core threat to national economic well being.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Government\u2019s decision to publish the threat is an important leadership step as it is only through being honest and transparent about threats and even the failures that we can lift the defences of everyone, business and government alike,\u201d Mr Tudehope said.<\/p>\n
Macquarie Telecom has a unique perspective on the cyber security threat as it provides Secure Internet gateway services to 40 percent of Federal Government agencies as well as providing services to mid tier corporations, often identified as lacking the necessary understanding of cyber security issues.<\/p>\n
\u201cMacquarie Telecom is part of the recently formed ACSC, the Australian Government\u2019s cyber defence frontline.
\n\u201cYet too many businesses regard the issue as someone else\u2019s problem, simply because they do not understand the sheer scale of the problem,\u201d Mr Tudehope said.
\nThe publication of the threat assessment\u00a0for the first time was an important step in breaking through that complacency, he said.<\/p>\n
Contact:
\nDavid Forman
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