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throughout the environment , helping us find that ‘ needle in the haystack ’” says Oujdi .
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The challenges of cyber security When it comes to cyber security , Oujdi is big on the basics . “ I think when it comes to effective cyber security it is not about building rockets and flying to Jupiter , it ’ s more about how can we focus on getting all the basics right and doing them well . If you look at any cyber breach report you will see that 90 % or more of organisations experience a breach because of a lack of the basics . So if an organisation can get the basics right and can do them very well , they can significantly reduce the risk of a cyber security breach .”
Reflecting on the challenges of cyber security , Oujdi explains “ thinking about the foundations of a programme , there are so many vendors , there are so many solutions , and there are some many different areas within cyber security that you can sometimes get lost in the weeds . So I think one of the challenges is that organisations fail to pinpoint the specific objectives needed in order to achieve an effective security programme . A lot of organisations
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