Tag: cyber security

Businesses face cyber ransom reporting scheme

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Albanese government will introduce a mandatory ransomware reporting scheme for businesses as part of its update to the national cybersecurity strategy, ruling out an outright ban on the...

The next wave of cyber-crime scams will be devastating

Posted on   |  by Mark Gregory
Australia is not prepared for the next wave of cyber-crime. Government has yet to implement regulations that would reduce the impact of what is coming. And Australian businesses and...

The winds of change: Global tech must embrace data localisation

Posted on   |  by Jason Duerden
As cybercrime surges across the public and private sectors, global tech companies are being challenged to tighten data localisation and data sovereignty capability while supporting the federal government’s vision...

No new funding for national cybersecurity office

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The national office being stood up by the federal government to coordinate its cyber security efforts and respond to incidents will operate without any additional funding initially, the Department...

Cyber crises to get disaster status in WA

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Significant cyber-attacks could soon join fires, floods and tsunamis on the list of recognised disasters in Western Australia, with the state government now working to develop a specific emergency...

Emergency powers activated to respond to Medibank hack

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
An emergency management tool developed to respond to the Covid pandemic has been activated by the federal government to deal with the escalating Medibank cyber-attack. Medibank on Tuesday revealed...