Case Study: Australian National University | 2020 Virtual Roundtable

Globally, there has been increasing reports citing surges in cyber attacks on education institutions, and some of these organisations have paid hackers significant amounts to regain access to their systems. A 2020 global intelligence threat report by NTT, found that the education sector attracted 38% of all attacks last year and was the 2nd most attacked industry after government. This rise of attacker techniques combining ransomware and data exfiltration illustrates that defense against either approach in isolation is insufficient. Compounded with the complexity of University environments, this also makes an endpoint-only approach unviable. After finding themselves in a data breach in late 2018, the renowned the Australian National University (ANU) published an extensive transparent report, outlining the timeline of events and level of sophistication behind the hack. Join us for an exclusive fireside chat with the CISO of ANU, Suthagar Seevaratnam, as we discuss some of the changes they have made post the incident and what they see as their next steps to improve cyber security resiliency in today’s ever-evolving threat landscape.