{"id":21936,"date":"2022-12-09T15:57:54","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T15:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/?p=21936"},"modified":"2022-12-20T11:01:14","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T11:01:14","slug":"churches-of-christ-in-queensland-boosts-network-cybersecurity-with-vectra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/2022\/12\/09\/churches-of-christ-in-queensland-boosts-network-cybersecurity-with-vectra\/","title":{"rendered":"Churches of Christ in Queensland boosts network cybersecurity with Vectra"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Vectra\u2019s AI-driven cybersecurity threat detection and response platform provide increased visibility to secure critical data and digital communications. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Thomas Kitching, General Manager Information Technology at Churches of Christ<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Vectra AI, a leader in AI-driven cyberthreat detection and response for hybrid and multi-cloud enterprises, has announced that Churches of Christ in Queensland has selected its AI-driven cybersecurity platform to strengthen its defense against a landscape of increasing cyberthreats. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Headquartered in Brisbane\u2019s Kenmore, Churches of Christ delivers critical care and compassionate services to more than 25,000 Australians across 100 communities in Queensland and Victoria. These services include retirement and aged care, foster and kinship care, social housing and family support. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThousands of people rely on our team of 4,000 staff and volunteers to deliver the best level of care and support, which means it is vital our systems and networks are robust and remain uninterrupted,\u201d said Thomas Kitching, General Manager Information Technology at Churches of Christ. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kitching explains that one of the key drivers for Churches of Christ in procuring advanced AI-powered threat detection capabilities was to protect its community and the organization against the increasingly sophisticated and even fatal nature of cyberattacks which persist. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn the last couple of years, our industry has been hit by major breaches with associated crippling disruption and costs,\u201d Kitching said. \u201cCybercrime is an increasingly serious concern for community care organizations such as Churches of Christ. As such, prioritizing network defense and working with the right partner were mission-critical for us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To get started, Vectra worked with Kitching\u2019s team to conduct a comprehensive risk assessment and gap analysis as well as identify risk priorities for the Queensland organization. These included data priorities, such as immutable backups, and infrastructure safety, deploying Vectra\u2019s Network Detection and Response (NDR) as an additional layer to bolster security posture. The risk assessment also covered human priorities including mandatory annual cyber-training and improved internal auditing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor community care organizations like Churches of Christ, securing critical data is a massive responsibility,\u201d said Tony Bauman, ANZ Country Manager for Vectra. \u201cThe type of data that is stored extends hugely into somebody\u2019s personal life and family history; in the wrong hands this data can lead to so much criminal intent for financial gain. This is just one of the reasons why continuous visibility across the network and behavioral analytics are increasingly deployed to secure mission-critical data.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Network detection and response pivotal to securing digital infrastructure<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vectra NDR continuously monitors the Churches of Christ network to detect cyberthreats and abnormal lateral traffic movement for user access to restricted systems and data. The AI-driven platform delivers Attack Signal Intelligence <\/sup>by leveraging data science and Machine Learning to reveal underlying attack behaviors even when traffic is encrypted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur priority for network detection and response was to get that real-time visibility and potential issues to be red flagged in advance, so we can mitigate threats proactively,\u201d said Kitching. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, cybersecurity awareness and education were identified as a high priority for Churches of Christ in Queensland, with users identified as the biggest cybersecurity risk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter how secure your network is if your users get phished and give away their passwords. That\u2019s a direct line to your data irrespective of what network defense measures you have in place,\u201d explains Kitching. \u201cWe\u2019re talking about people who are extremely caring and look after the most vulnerable people in our community. How would they even know if they are being phished? So, our approach was also to mature our users\u2019 understanding of cybersecurity, particularly in a non-profit space when handling large volumes of sensitive data.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Vectra, Churches of Christ was also able to extend network threat detection capabilities to unmanaged devices like BYOD, that are not covered by the organization\u2019s antivirus systems. This additional visibility was extremely important, particularly when considering the 330 distributed and mobile staff members who visit homes all the time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur carers not only use our LAN and LAN network, but access multiple technologies such as 4G and Wi-Fi when on the move,\u201d said Kitching. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cyber-risk mitigation a key value proposition for non-profit organizations  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When selecting a cybersecurity partner and investing in the right solutions, value proposition was pivotal to their choice. As Kitching clarifies, putting a return on investment based on people\u2019s wellbeing is not possible; but the value in a non-profit organization is more about making sure people are looked after in the best possible way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor us, risk mitigation was very important to delivering our values and mission. The Vectra team spent time to understand how important our organization is to the community and took our future cyber-priorities into consideration,\u201d said Kitching. \u201cThe team understood our financial position and factored that into costing for a mutually beneficial partnership.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kitching points out that getting Vectra on board was \u2018one of the fastest implementations I\u2019ve ever experienced\u2019. Vectra\u2019s network engineers impressed Kitching by completing network configurations in a matter of days, rather than weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cVectra became the highest value vendor for us \u2013 not only did they meet our mission statement, not only did they want to invest in our organization and factor in great pricing, but we are also now able to share the value from our partnership to the rest of the industry,\u201d he concludes. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vectra\u2019s AI-driven cybersecurity threat detection and response platform provide increased visibility to secure critical data and digital communications.  Vectra AI, a leader in AI-driven cyberthreat detection and response for hybrid and multi-cloud enterprises, has announced that Churches of Christ in Queensland has selected its AI-driven cybersecurity platform to strengthen its defense against a landscape of increasing cyberthreats.  […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":21939,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,35,55,53,44,54],"tags":[4057,174,233,1219,4058],"class_list":["post-21936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-analysis-case-studies","category-more-news","category-oceania","category-regional-news-newsletter","category-top-stories","category-used","tag-churches-of-christ","tag-cybersecurity","tag-network","tag-queensland","tag-vectra"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21936"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22274,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21936\/revisions\/22274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}