Australian organisations and the government are playing catchup when it comes to cybersecurity. Australias recently announced Ransomware Taskforce is a step in the right direction, says Alana Maurushat, a professor of cybersecurity and behaviour, and associate dean international at the School of Computers, Data, and Math Sciences at the University of Western Sydney. She says Australians need to be looking ahead now to understand emerging threats and avoid damaging attacks in the future. The security isnt keeping pace with what the cybercriminals intentions are in this space, she says.”]