Over 40bn records exposed in 2021: Tenable
24 January, 2022 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThere was a stark increase in both the number of publicly disclosed data breaches in 2021 and the number of records affected, research from Tenable shows.
Data management as a defence
10 November, 2021 by Lindsay Brown, VP of LogMeIn APACWith over a million students enrolled in universities across Australia and 130,000 full-time staff, higher ed is a data goldmine for cybercriminals.
NDB disclosures fell 7% in FY21
27 October, 2021 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe number of Notifiable Data Breach disclosures filed with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner fell 7% in FY21.
Addressing the evolving cyber threat environment
12 October, 2021 by David Stevens, Assistant Commissioner, Dispute Resolution, Office of the Australian Information CommissionerThe key message from the OAIC: the cyber threat environment is evolving and organisations need to continually update processes and protections to address this.
Data breaches fall 16% in first half of 2021
24 August, 2021 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingOrganisations reported 446 data breaches to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner from January to June 2021.
OAIC launches investigation into Optus
09 August, 2021The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has launched an investigation into Optus for potential privacy violations.
69% of Australian orgs expect a data breach this year
06 August, 2021 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingNearly seven in 10 Australian organisations expect their customer information to be impacted in a data breach in the next 12 months, according to Trend Micro
311 days — the average time to detect and contain a data breach
29 July, 2021The average time to detect and contain a data breach in Australia was 311 days, according to IBM Security's latest report.
Uber interfered with privacy of 1.2 million Australians
26 July, 2021The Office of Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has determined that Uber interfered with the privacy of around 1.2 million Australians.
47% of ANZ businesses had a data breach in past year
04 June, 2021 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingNearly half of ANZ businesses have experienced a data breach in the past year, and 55% have seen an increase in the volume of cyber attacks, research suggests.
Bridging the data trust gap
02 June, 2021 by Lionel Legros*As organisations increasingly rely on user data and employees access sensitive information from home, new data privacy concerns have emerged.
Phishing attacks surge amid rise in remote work
17 May, 2021 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingVerizon's latest Data Breach Investigations Report found that the volume of phishing attacks has grown 11% due to the rise of remote working.
Tesserent buys Secure Logic's managed services unit
23 March, 2021 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingAustralian cybersecurity company Tesserent has announced a new acquisition aimed at bolstering its government services business.
Queensland opens two new cyber innovation nodes
19 March, 2021 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingAustCyber and the Queensland Government have collaborated to open new cybersecurity innovation nodes in Brisbane and Townsville.
Transport for NSW affected by Accellion breach
26 February, 2021 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingTransport for NSW has warned that some of its data was stolen in December's attack on the popular secure file transfer system operated by Accellion.
