Some of the things that the CIO, Louis Bard, raised are good IT practices, many of which originate from our advice and guidance from an IT security point of view, and which would help prevent a lot of malicious activity from happening on networks or computers. Those are standards and guidance that could go a long way to making it very difficult for those seeking to do harm to do the harm that they do.
It also reduces vulnerabilities within our systems. There's no doubt that the Internet is a vulnerable place; there are many risks involved. As soon as you connect, there are risks associated with it. There are some steps to take to diminish those risks, but they will never go away entirely.