It’s Time to Exercise! Cyber Security Exercise, That Is
Conclusion
Many security incidents are having major impacts on organisations. In too many cases these are left to the information technology teams to handle.
Yet the group most responsible for an organisation’s continued survival and growth is the chief officer (CxO) group. Incident response therefore ultimately resides with this group. In order to develop the ability to handle a major attack on an organisation, it is imperative that the CxO group also become familiar with responding to cyber security events.
This can be done by running tabletop exercises that then become the basis for building more detailed plans around communications, crisis management, and the organisation’s preparedness.
About The Advisor
Peter Sandilands
Peter Sandilands is an IBRS advisor who specialises in cyber security, risk and compliance. Peter has over 40 years’ experience in the IT industry with the last 20 years focused on security. He has spoken at conferences and industry briefings across Asia Pacific. Peter was instrumental in the introduction of Check Point Software to Australia, leading the operation for five years. Prior to that Peter was a key strategist in the broadening of Novell’s market across Asia Pacific. Since then he has spent nearly 10 years working for large Australian companies in banking, mining and transport delivering security strategy, security architecture and compliance assessments. Peter has also assisted overseas security vendors enter the Australian market with a focus on the strategic use of the products. As a casual academic at UTS for over 20 years, Peter lectured in network security, Cloud security and networking technologies. With his experience across vendors, channel and business, Peter brings a pragmatic approach to implementing and assessing cyber security. Peter has a Master's of Cyber Security from Charles Sturt University.