Wetware, the fleshwall, meatware, warmware – whatever you call the sweaty-skin-bags-of-blood that sit at the desks round your office, they represent a major risk to cybersecurity in the enterprise. Knowing how they behave and why is crucial to effective security say 70 per cent of Australian cybersecurity professionals, according to a Forcepoint commissioned survey conducted last month. But the same proportion admitted they were not very effective at understanding the behaviours of people as they interact with business data, and 84 per cent said are not very effective at understanding the intent of employees when they did so. “On the whole, cyber-security initiatives and investments across industry and enterprise to date have not gone far enough to address the real and immediate threat to data leakage – insiders, be they malicious, accidental or negligent in intent,” said Guy Eilon, country manager for Forcepoint in ANZ. “It is only with a complete understanding of how, where and why people touch confidential data that businesses will be able to better focus cybersecurity efforts and bring us up to speed on the global stage.” Some 67 per cent of Australian businesses agreed that a greater focus on human behaviour would help improve security results and costs. And no business disagreed. Least mistrust Malware ranked as the number one risk to security for 37 per cent of the 58 local respondents to the survey, closely followed by inadvertent human behaviour (26 per cent), criminal employee activity (12 per cent) and rogue employees (10 per cent). Around 63 per cent of those surveyed – chiefly systems admins and senior engineers – said their organisations only had moderate or slight visibility critical business data. Just under half of respondents ranked email as the greatest risk to critical business data, followed by social media, mobile devices and laptops. Most trust – or least mistrust – was given to cloud storage facilities, with only 8 per cent ranking it as their number one cause for concern. Little over a third (34 per cent) of those surveyed were completely satisfied with their investment in security technology and 28 per cent agreed that applying more technology would help improve business security. Related content BrandPost Smart UPS Connectivity: what it is and why you need it By Veronica Lew Mar 27, 2023 4 mins Remote Access Opinion Huawei’s F5G rollout plan signals new wave of green technology and digital transformation At MWC, Gu Yunbo, President of Huawei’s Enterprise Optical Business Domain, sat down with CIO to discuss a raft of new F5G launches, and what they mean for enterprise computing. By Peter Kirwan Mar 27, 2023 4 mins Digital Transformation Opinion Huawei launches intelligent data storage solutions at MWC to satisfy rising multi-cloud demand Peter Zhou, President of Huawei’s IT Product Line, joined CIO at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to discuss a rising tide of enterprise investment in storage solutions for on-premises data centers and private clouds. By Peter Kirwan Mar 27, 2023 4 mins Data Management BrandPost AI bots for customer experience: trends, insights, and examples How can you implement AI bots in your company, and what will they be able to do for you? Here’s how Avaya expects things to shake out. By Mike Kuch, Sr. Director Solutions Marketing, Avaya Mar 27, 2023 5 mins Artificial Intelligence Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe