Women In Security Magazine Issue 12

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ALYSSA BLACKBURN

BALANCING RISK AND PRODUCTIVITY IN A HYBRID WORLD By Alyssa Blackburn, Director of Information Management, AvePoint With Australia leading its global counterparts in the

have highlighted the reality that today’s workplaces

shift to hybrid working, local business leaders have

face constant and significant security risks. Whether

been faced with the challenge of not ‘if’ but ‘how’

these are well-funded international crime syndicates

to make hybrid teams, environments and project

using email scams, human error by local teams over-

management work as effectively as possible. Many

reliant on manual processes or data management

executives are still concerned about optimising the

plans (or lack thereof) that involve storing data for

productivity of hybrid workplaces while others are

longer than needed, every business has risks that are

deterred by the cyber risks that come with a digital-

unique to its operations and industry.

first workforce. In fact, any business that has information carries However, focusing solely on either of these business

risk. For years, businesses have competed and

challenges will lead organisations to miss finding the

innovated to get as much customer and prospect

balance between risk and productivity that ensures

data as possible. Data was seen as the end-goal.

teams are collaborating safely while staying engaged.

Today, as has been proven by data breaches in some

Cybercrime continues to rise and many employees

of Australia’s largest organisations, businesses

are likely to leave a company if flexibility and hybrid

are starting to recognise data is an asset, but also

ways of working are not available. Consequently,

a liability.

understanding the implications of hybrid working on the business’ risk and productivity, and then

Consumers have been quick to recognise this and

implementing strategies to minimise risk and

are holding businesses accountable. It is no longer

maximise productivity, need to be front and centre in

acceptable for businesses to treat data security and

boardroom discussions.

management as a secondary business priority. There are effective steps every business can take in the

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TAKING A PROACTIVE APPROACH TO MANAGING HYBRID WORKPLACE RISK

short and long term to prevent cybersecurity threats

Recent data breaches and cybersecurity attacks on

with treating data protection as one of the most

high-profile companies across a range of industries

important business issues an organisation faces

W O M E N I N S E C U R I T Y M A G A Z I N E

and mitigate the risks of data breaches. These start

J A N U A RY • F E B R U A RY 2023


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pages 154-155

Roshni Bedi

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Tshering Wangmo

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pages 152-153

Savannah Dockerty

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pages 146-147

Sheida Sabeti

2min
page 151

BISO – no that is not a typo

9min
pages 126-130

Different perspectives

10min
pages 136-140

Identity proofing, identity verification and fraud prevention

5min
pages 131-133

Incident response competition

6min
pages 141-145

managing risk and resilience

8min
pages 116-119

a rewarding profession

3min
pages 134-135

Taking a proactive approach to cybersecurity

3min
pages 114-115

or nothing

3min
pages 108-109

Engagement with an impersonator

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pages 100-103

changing career through recruitment

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pages 76-78

Balancing risk and productivity in a hybrid world

4min
pages 106-107

experience and professional fulfillment

3min
pages 104-105

Don’t get poor fast

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pages 90-91

material risk grows

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pages 92-93

after 12 years in finance

2min
pages 74-75

Why I became a cybersecurity expert

2min
pages 72-73

operator in the Australian Army Reserves

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pages 64-65

early careers

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pages 66-71

Cyber is not your get-rich-quick option

3min
pages 62-63

Reshmi Hariharan

4min
pages 50-51

Farah Chamseddine

4min
pages 48-49

Martina Saldi

4min
pages 46-47

Holly Wright

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pages 44-45

Dr Fauzia Idrees Abro

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page 43

Johanna Williamson

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pages 40-42

Get-rich-quick crypto scams

2min
pages 14-15

Lisa Ventura

3min
pages 30-31

Catherine Dawson

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pages 38-39

Rachael Greaves

6min
pages 35-37

Belinda Stewart

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pages 20-21

Kao Hansell

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pages 16-17

Jenna Salvesen

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pages 32-34

Melanie Truscott

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