Security News > 2023 > November > Could Australia’s Cybersecurity Strategy Benefit From More Data Science Rigour?

Jessie Jamieson, staff research engineer for decision science operations at cyber exposure management firm Tenable, said what has been absent from the strategy detail released so far has been a focus on the one thing that underpins everything: data science.

In general, "Everyone is a little behind from a data perspective," Jamieson said, with the obvious recent example being the headlong rush around the world to use data as part of artificial intelligence models, including generative AI. "Some companies are being more careful, but there is so much discussion at the moment about developing these things quickly without asking questions like how these plug into a data process or what the process is around generating training data," she said.

With emerging technologies that rely on data now at the forefront of cybersecurity discussions, Jamieson said stakeholders in Australia needed to take a step back and focus on getting the data science right to ensure emerging technologies could be trusted to drive decision making.

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"A data strategy is a cybersecurity strategy and vice versa because it is now so essential to being cyber secure and resilient," Jamieson said.

Having more data science rigour means ensuring strategy drives the data, instead of the other way around.

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