Fitness and Lifestyle Group sign with Airlock Digital to protect against cyber attacks

July 1, 2021

Australian cybersecurity pioneer Airlock Digital has announced that leading health and wellness company - Fitness and Lifestyle Group - are among consumer enterprises adopting the Airlock allowlisting solution as a key part of the Essential Eight cyber mitigation strategies to protect against ransomware and other cyber attacks.

Airlock implements Application Control – the first of the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) Essential Eight strategies to mitigate cyber security incidents – to prevent execution of unapproved and/or malicious programs like ransomware.

The Essential Eight – which the Australian government is mandating for all non-corporate Commonwealth entities in addition to the already mandatory Top Four – has become the de facto Australian cyber security standard to protect against increasing ransomware and other cyber attacks. Many other cyber security frameworks, including the U.S. Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC), also recommend Application Control.

The ACSC recommends that all Australian organisations implement the Essential Eight mitigation strategies as a baseline to make it much harder for adversaries to compromise systems. This can be more cost-effective in terms of time, money and effort, it says, than having to respond to a large-scale cyber security incident.

With the rise of ransomware, consumer enterprises and their customers now face similar cyber threats to government agencies, banks and critical infrastructure, according to Airlock Digital Co-Founder, David Cottingham, and are implementing pro-active measures like Application Control.

Cottingham notes “It is heartening to see leading consumer enterprises pro-actively responding to the heightened risk environment by embracing the Essential Eight and developing a mature, risk-based approach to cyber security.”

Having over 500 gym locations across Australia, New Zealand and South-East Asia, and a range of on-demand digital health and fitness programs, Fitness and Lifestyle Group is one of the major consumer enterprises implementing Airlock as a key part of the Essential Eight.

Cottingham adds “Airlock Digital is proud to assist Fitness and Lifestyle Group implement Application Control, the number one measure in the ACSC Essential Eight, which is particularly effective against ransomware.”

Fitness and Lifestyle Group Head of Information Security, Lee Roebig advises “the protection of our staff and our members’ data is a priority for our business.

“The ACSC Essential Eight is extremely important to FLG, as it should be for any other global business. While we use multiple endpoint security controls, it is safe to say that Airlock is our most effective solution for protecting endpoints from malicious software-based attacks.

“Aside from achieving the number one ACSC security control and the associated benefits, we now have a really good grasp of what applications are being used across all our brands and businesses and can now ensure that only authorised programs are running.”

About Airlock Digital
Australian based cybersecurity company, Airlock Digital, delivers forward thinking endpoint protection solutions which enable organisations to implement rapid, scalable allowlisting and execution control. Through first-hand understanding of the operational challenges in cybersecurity, intimate industry experience, and an intuitive solution set, Airlock Digital is positioned as the leading, commercial allowlisting vendor. Airlock operates worldwide with offices in Australia and the United States.

For more information email info@airlockdigital.com.

4th May 2021 - New partnership announced between Fitness and Lifestyle Group and the Australian Institute of Fitness

22nd March 2021 - Fitness and Lifestyle Group launches Emerging Leaders program

1st March 2021 - Cisco and WaitTime announce partnership to deliver crowd intelligence solution

24th February 2021 - Coronavirus pandemic creates fertile environment for online scams

8th December 2020 - Fitness and Lifestyle Group announces exclusive deal with Transaction Services Group for its Fitness First, Zap, Goodlife and Jetts NZ brands

20th October 2020 - Reports reveal plan by Russian intelligence services to hack Tokyo Olympics

31st August 2020 - Fitness and Lifestyle Group advises of redundancies amid restructure

25th November 2019 - Fitness and Lifestyle Group expands links with media agency PHD

27th June 2019 - Owner looks for $1 billion plus sale of Fitness and Lifestyle Group

21st March 2019 - Hollywood actor Chris Hemsworth takes up Fitness and Lifestyle Group stake

29th January 2019 - Report suggests Fitness and Lifestyle Group buys CMG Asia for $200 million

11th July 2018 - Ticketmaster Data breach alleged to be part of a wider fraud

5th January 2018 - Fitness and Lifestyle Group acquires Tasmanian-based Zap Fitness

9th November 2017 - Interpol warns of growing terror and security threats at major sporting events

27th October 2017 - Fitness and Lifestyle Group acquires Go Health Clubs

7th April 2017 - Fitness and Lifestyle Group changes sees new General Manager appointment at Fitness First Australia

Support our industry news service
We hope that you value the news that we publish so while you're here can we ask for your support?

As an independent publisher, we need reader support for our industry news gathering so ask that - if you don't already do so - you back us by subscribing to the printed Australasian Leisure Management magazine and/or our online news.