Welcome to Cyber Security Awareness Month - Part Two
This year, we encourage you to take time to discuss the importance of cybersecurity with your colleagues and highlight how internal audit plays a crucial role in safeguarding your organisation’s digital assets. Urge them to take proactive steps to strengthen both personal and organisational security.
Cybercrime is on the rise, and malicious cyber activity remains a significant risk to organisations worldwide. Cybersecurity is everyone’s responsibility, and internal auditors are vital in identifying vulnerabilities and ensuring effective controls are in place. By taking simple measures, we can help secure our organisation’s digital environment.
Here are 4 simple steps you can take to improve cybersecurity within your organisation from the Australian Signals Directorate:
- Implement multi-factor authentication to enhance access controls.
- Ensure systems and software are regularly updated to address security vulnerabilities.
- Use strong, unique passwords or passphrases to protect accounts.
- Recognise and report phishing attempts and other suspicious activity.
Cyber security for businesses
Improve the cyber security of your business with the ASD’s resources for business and government.
Test the cyber threat response of your business and identify ways to improve cyber security with exercise in a box.
Become a Business Partner or Network Partner to get cyber security alerts, advisories and up-to-date advice for free. Learn more about the Cyber Security Partnership Program.
IIA Global: Seeking Cyber Resources. Finding Cyber Solutions.
Cybersecurity continues to be a pervasive challenge with 78% of audit leaders in the North American 2024 Pulse of Internal Audit Study ranking it high or very high risk in their organizations. Yet on average cybersecurity makes up only 10% of audit plans.
How are you managing cyber risks in your plan? We have the solutions for you.
Don’t hide from cyber risk, seek the resources and find the solutions.
2024 Cybersecurity Virtual Conference
This is a one-day virtual event taking place on October 30 that is designed to keep participants ahead of critical issues in data protection, privacy, and cybersecurity. Engage with experts to explore challenges and emerging topics relevant to internal audit, including data governance, ethics, and protection. Participant will have gain insights on ethically improving their audit engagements and influencing overall improvement.