Project DFNDR - Lessons learnt from defending sovereign critical infrastructure and defence SMEs

Project DFNDR was a collaborative project undertaken by Ionize and partners to provide Adaptive Cyber Security for Defence & Critical Infrastructure (CI) Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs).

With Federal Grant funding awarded through the Cooperative Research Centres Project, the solution streamlined cyber threat detection, network Defence, response and recovery for the participants.

Delivered over twelve months, the project delivered 24x7 Managed Detection and Response (MDR), Threat Hunting and tailored Threat Briefings.

This session will detail the specific lessons learnt from defending Defence and CI SMEs and how that deviates from other SMEs with the goal of providing foundational capabilities that any SME can implement in a cost-effective manner to drastically improve their defensive capabilities and mitigate risks.

This session is aimed at persons who work at SMEs or are responsible for Defending SMEs.