Three quarters of Australian businesses struggle to fulfill these roles , according to an international report by industry Resilient . That labour crisis led to the biggest increase in cyber attacks among the 11 countries studied , with 70 % of Australian firms reporting a rise in incidents in the past 12 years , compared to the global average of 55 % . The report also revealed 79 % of Australian companies did not have a consistently applied cybersecurity threat detection strategy .
Three quarters of Australian businesses struggle to fill cybersecurity roles, according to an international survey by IBM Resilient. That labour crisis led to the biggest increase in cyber attacks among the 11 countries studied, with 70% of Australian firms reporting a rise in incidents in the past 12 months, compared to the global average of 55%. The report also revealed 79% of Australian companies did not have a consistently applied cybersecurity incident response plan.