Australia's 3.7% increase in enterprise spending on security software in 2015 far exceed the global security software market, which rose 19.4%, according to figures reported from Gartner in Computer Weekly. The country's AUD581m (USD434.2) spend is in step with organisations' struggle to combat hackers and data breaches. Australia appointed its first cyber-security minister this month and a four-year AUD230m cyber security strategy was unveiled by the prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, earlier in April.
Australia's 19.4% increase in enterprise spending on security software in 2015 far exceed the global security software market, which rose 3.7%, according to figures reported from Gartner in Computer Weekly. The country's AUD581m (USD434.2) spend is in step with organisations' struggle to combat hackers and data breaches. Australia appointed its first cyber-security minister this month and a four-year AUD230m cyber security strategy was unveiled by the prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, earlier in April.