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The speed at which IT is developing and the general nature of modern business means that many enterprises rely on specialists to manage our systems and applications. Economic and competitive pressures have made it imperative for organisations of all sizes to focus on their core competencies and turn to third-parties to assume responsibility for key corporate functions. The most common form of outsourcing is the cloud. The cloud simplifies many aspects of IT and the business services world.

Cyber security threats are on the rise. As a result, there is a focus on systems managing the critical infrastructure that everyone depends upon. Critical infrastructure is loosely defined as assets essential for the economy and overall society to function.

Cyber security is the double edged sword of modern business. Because the Internet is an evolving technology that carries enormous potential and vulnerability, cyber security embraces questions of internet freedom, network architecture and the economic potential of cyberspace

Information Security, IT Security, Technology Security, IT Risk and Security and IT Risk Services are all names that organisations use to define a functional unit within their enterprise that is responsible for the security, integrity and operational assurance of their information assets and operating environment.

The NSW Government Digital Information Security Policy (version 1.0, dated November 2012) requires that all NSW Government Departments, Statutory Bodies and Shared Service Providers must have an Information Security Management System (ISMS) based on a comprehensive assessment of the risk to digital information and digital information systems.