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Spotlight: Cyber breach at Target
There's a joke in the cyber security industry that there are two types of companies: those that know they have been hacked, and those that haven't yet found out. In November 2013, Target Corporation in the US learned this the hard way when it was told by law enforcement agencies that it had been sub ...
Directors' duties and cyber resilience
The Target data breach brought the liability of boards and directors in relation to cyber resilience into focus. Target's shareholders brought litigation against all of its directors, the chief financial officer and the chief information officer due to what was perceived as recklessness and disregar ...
Incoming Notifiable Data Breaches Scheme
There is no current legal obligation under the Privacy Act to notify either the Privacy Commissioner or affected individuals where you suffer a data breach. However, mandatory data breach notification laws will take effect in Australia from 22 February 2018. ...
NSW to bolster cyber security
The NSW Government has recently announced a new $11.4 million investment to address emerging technology challenges including cyber security. ...
In the Know: Cyber vernacular
The Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet has recently considered an early draft of a document defining a new 'cyber lexicon' at a roundtable hosted by Alastair MacGibbon, Special Adviser to the Prime Minister on Cyber Security. The document, titled 'Words Matter: Australia's Cyber Security Lexic ...
Backing up the backups - a practical guide to cyber insurance
The cyber insurance market in Australia is rapidly developing however key problems still remain. This guide explains cyber insurance – what it is, what it covers, common limits and exclusions – and how to work out whether cyber insurance is right for you ...
Code breakers - Australian Government flags forced decryption reforms
The Australian Government continues to stoke controversy with its mooted reforms to encryption laws which would seek to provide law enforcement agencies with access to encrypted communications and information While little detail as to the shape that the reforms will ultimately take has been provided ...
Data breaches in the healthcare sector: the reality, the costs and how to prevent them
Data breaches are disproportionately common in the health sector Whats more it is the only sector that has a higher rate of data breaches caused by internal factors such as employee carelessness or misbehaviour than by external threats Health sector data breaches are enabled it seems by the ...
Hot off the press: Key takeaways from the OAIC's Data breach preparation and response guide
On Tuesday 20 February the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner OAIC published a comprehensive new guide to the Notifiable Data Breaches NDB Scheme The Data breach preparation and response guide consolidates information from the OAICs Data breach notification - A guide to handling ...
How to determine whether you have suffered an eligible data breach
From 22 February 2018 the Notifiable Data Breaches Scheme NDB Scheme will require all entities covered by the regime to notify the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner OAIC and affected individuals of an eligible data breach ...