NSW govt agencies could be forced to report data breaches | iTnews

Posted by Steven Kirby | Nov 18, 2017 | Breach Notification, Cybersecurity, Government Agency, iTnews, Legislation and Regulation, New South Wales, State Government | 0 |

The NSW Labor Party has introduced a bill that would force state government agencies to report if they suffer data breach.

Source: NSW govt agencies could be forced to report data breaches

About The Author

Steven Kirby

I provide independent and practical consultancy services through raising awareness and fostering the energy for change that delivers improved business management of information security governance, risk and compliance.

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

More Australian News

Audit: West Australian Local Government Information Systems Audit Report "a significant area of concern"
July 3, 2022
Australian Audit Report 22 June 2022 West Australian Local Government Information Systems Audit Report “a significant area of concern” None of the 12 …
Monash University opens public bug bounty
July 2, 2022
Monash University has made its bug bounty public, two years after initiating an internal vulnerability disclosure program. The move was announced by …
AusCERT Week In Review for July 1st 2022 - AusCERT
July 1, 2022
Today sees us enter the second half of 2022 which, for many of us, seems to have arrived sooner than expected. Something else that has landed quickly …
Nine hones its incident response
July 1, 2022
Nine is using PagerDuty software to help locate the best person internally to fix a problem that may arise with one of its media products. Nine’s …
Ombudsman findings reveal government data collection 'regrettable' but 'not meaningful'
June 29, 2022
South Australia's Ombudsman has found the use of the campaign tool NationBuilder by the former premier's office was "inadvertent" and any information …
The Good Guys pauses facial recognition trial
June 29, 2022
The Good Guys, Australia's second-biggest appliances chain, is pausing a trial of facial recognition technology in stores after a consumer group …
Routing security falling short in Australian, New Zealand networks
June 29, 2022
Network owners in Australia and New Zealand need to do more to secure their routing infrastructure, according to a study published by the Mutually …
Mastercard passes first of three Australian TDIF accreditations
June 29, 2022
Mastercard has been accredited as an identity exchange under Australia’s Trusted Digital Identity Framework (TDIF). The accreditation was announced by …
Origin Energy goes public with bug bounty program
June 29, 2022
Origin Energy has made its bug bounty program public, offering up to $2500 for confirmed vulnerabilities. Run under Bugcrowd, the program has been …
iTWire - Regulator ACMA targets SMS and identity theft phone scams as compliance priorities
June 28, 2022
The ACMA warns that phone scams have severe financial and social impacts on Australians and it will be enforcing new rules that require telcos to use …

Weekly Australian News and Monthly Incident Review Emails

No advertisements, marketing, sales, or unsolicited emails. Your email address is ONLY used to send the publications listed above.

Featured

Incident: Pivotal Homes reports ‘ransomware attack’ weeks before liquidation | news.com.au

Featured

Incident: NSW public insurer icare privacy bungle hits 193,000 people | iTnews

Incident: Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme provider breached and treating its database as compromised | ZDNet

Incident: 50k customers caught up in Tasmanian Spirit Super phishing attack | iTnews

Incident: Australian company Amart Furniture has 100k warranty customers details breached

Featured

Audit: West Australian Local Government Information Systems Audit Report "a significant area of concern"

Featured

Audit: Queensland Audit Office Education 2021 Report finds "all need to strengthen their security"

Audit: Cyber basics still beyond fed gov as Essential Eight mandate looms | iTnews

Audit: WA councils fail to detect simulated cyber attack in audit | iTnews

Audit: Queensland Audit Office (QAO) Water 2021 Report finds one breach and significant control weaknesses | ABC News (Australia)

Featured

Quote: Anthony T. Hincks "Security just doesn't start ..."

Featured

Quote: Schrodinger's Backup "The condition of any backup is unknown until a restore is attempted"

Quote: Dwight D. Eisenhower "If you want total security, go to prison..."

Quote: J. M. Barrie "All of this has happened before, and it will all happen again."

Quote: Michael McCormack "Never been a breach, the ABS assures us that this won’t happen into the future with this Census"

NSW govt agencies could be forced to report data breaches | iTnews

Related

About The Author

Steven Kirby

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

More Australian News

Weekly Australian News and Monthly Incident Review Emails

Australian Cyber Aware Page

Featured

Incident: Pivotal Homes reports ‘ransomware attack’ weeks before liquidation | news.com.au

Featured

Incident: NSW public insurer icare privacy bungle hits 193,000 people | iTnews

Featured

Audit: West Australian Local Government Information Systems Audit Report "a significant area of concern"

Featured

Audit: Queensland Audit Office Education 2021 Report finds "all need to strengthen their security"

Featured

Quote: Anthony T. Hincks "Security just doesn't start ..."

Featured

Quote: Schrodinger's Backup "The condition of any backup is unknown until a restore is attempted"

NSW govt agencies could be forced to report data breaches | iTnews

Related

About The Author

Related Posts

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

More Australian News

Weekly Australian News and Monthly Incident Review Emails