exciting aspect of working in this field,”
he remarks.BECOMING CYBER AWARE
When it comes to cyber awareness,
unfortunately some of Jones’s clients
have come to him only after they have
encountered a threat. “One particularly
worrying detail in the uptick in instanc-
es of ransomware in recent months,”
says Jones, “is the focus toward mid-
sized and small municipalities, mid-
sized and even small hospitals, and
some not-for-profit organisations such
as charities. When ransomware
targets a larger scale organisation like
a bank or a government department
that’s had access to millions of dollars
to build their cybersecurity, there are
instant response protocols typically
in place. For SMEs and NPOs, how-
ever, security management can be
either minimal or non-existent in some
cases.” These themes around cyber-
security readiness were also borne
out in KPMG’s recently published
CEO Outlook Survey. To help encour-
age preventative measures in place
of reactive ones, Jones shares that
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