More than 50 data breaches have been reported in the first seven months of the new mandatory data breach notification scheme in New South Wales, with state government agencies making up 65 per cent of the notifications.
Of the 52 notifications revealed in the first report by the state’s Information and Privacy Commission, local governments and the university sector also accounted for 17 per cent each.
A quarter of all notifications involved cyber incidents, highlighting the need for “investment in ICT security and staff capability”, IPC said in the Mandatory Notification of Data Breach (MNDB) Scheme Trends Report.
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