Hyprfire has announced it has appointed Major General (Ret’d) Dr Marcus Thompson, AM, PhD to the Hyprfire leadership team as its newly appointed Strategic Advisor and Advisory Board member.
Dr Thompson will join Hyprfire’s Managing Director, Tim Jones, and the Hyprfire executives in the growth of Hypfire’s future.
“We are very excited to have Dr. Thompson with us moving forward. Marcus has decades of expertise, influence and understanding of Australia’s current cyber defence landscape. Having Marcus on the team will substantially help us in growing Australia’s active cyber defence capability.” – Tim Jones
“With almost daily news of large cyber attacks breaching critical Australian businesses, we know for sure that Australia has become an attractive and easy target for cyber hacking.” – Dr. Marcus Thompson.
In its recently released Annual Cyber Threat Report 2021-22, the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) observed a total of 76,000 cybercrime reports, an increase of nearly 13 per cent from the previous financial year. This equates to one report every 7 minutes, compared to every 8 minutes last financial year. The report showed a rise in the average cost per cybercrime report to over $39,000 for small business, $88,000 for medium business, and over $62,000 for large business, an average increase of 14 per cent.
“Australian organisations need to consider moving from passive to active cybersecurity strategies, which includes improving their network visibility, that is, who and what is on their internal networks.” – Dr. Marcus Thompson.
“In my view, Hyprfire’s capabilities offer network visibility in a package that works for most organisations. It has the ability to substantially uplift the active cyber defences of Australian organisations of all sizes.” – Dr. Marcus Thompson.
