Australian Info and Cyber Security Last Week 22nd May 2023

Very late this week, safety safe for your next meeting “Wear eye protection when prodding around bushes in the garden, eventually fine but a lot of concern.” This will be a short one.

No publicly disclosed incidents this week, but a lost of coverage of the budget and discussions around the upcoming changes to the Privacy Act from the OAIC. A great resource that I have subscribed to (its free) is Lexology https://www.lexology.com/ , I have it provided a filtered feed of Australian legal and legislative news..

If you have other source that you get your news from please let me know. Paywalls are becoming annoying/

Steve…K.

Submission to 2023–2030 Cyber Security Strategy Discussion Paper

By Anonymous on May 22, 2023 The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to the 2023–2030 Australian Cyber …

Anti-scam ‘hit squads’ to tackle Australia’s scam problem | ABC News

By ABC News (Australia) on May 22, 2023 The Federal Government will set up a national anti-scam centre using cutting edge technology to disrupt scammers and report fraud. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1s…

Australian Government claims to have blocked 200 million scam calls in the first 3 months of 2023

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Boardroom Brief: Week commencing 15 May 2023

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Federal Budget top tools for governance and risk professionals

By Governance Institute of Australia on May 22, 2023 04:23 am …to establish the Coordinator for Cyber Security to ensure that the Commonwealth’s cybersecurity efforts are strategic, coordinated, timely and …

Critical infrastructure protections, Australia, and the energy sector

By Helaine Leggat on May 22, 2023 Last month’s article looked at similarities in the increasing protection afforded to critical infrastructure in Europe and Australia, specifically in …

Regulatory shifts impacting due diligence in 2023

By William Kontaxis on May 22, 2023 Are you planning to buy or sell a business this year? 2023 is home to a raft of regulatory changes that could materially affect your business sale or …

See your identity pieced together from stolen data

By By Julian Fell, Ben Spraggon, and Matt Liddy on May 18, 2023 Have you ever wondered how much of your personal information is available online? Here’s your chance to find out. We’ve all heard about high-profile …

ANZ details Google Cloud-based risk reporting system

By Ry Crozier on May 18, 2023 ANZ Banking Group has now stood up a “unified data platform and architecture” for risk and regulatory reporting, a project it has previously spoken …

Meta releases its submission and response to the Privacy Act Review Report

By Alisha Buaya on May 18, 2023 Meta is the latest organisation to put forward a submission to the Attorney-General’s Department Review of Privacy Act 2022.In its newly released …

Ship captain’s case over Vocus subsea cable cut ‘discontinued’

By Ry Crozier on May 18, 2023 The case against a Maersk container ship captain for allegedly dragging anchor through Vocus’ Australia-Singapore Cable in August 2021 has been …

Defence to boost biometric collection capability

By Jeremy Nadel on May 18, 2023 Defence is looking to boost its biometric capability with a fleet of handheld devices for collecting and verifying fingerprints, facial images and …

Privacy Breaches & Cyber Security In Australia – Heightened Enforcement Risk. – Conventus Law

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Bad breach preparation leads to bad press: what you can do to minimise the impact

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Paramedics explore legal action after drug, alcohol tests leaked

By Henrietta Cook on May 17, 2023 More than 40 confidential spreadsheets containing the pre-employment drug test results of hundreds of graduate paramedics were posted on the …

Budget 2023: $23.4 million for small business cyber wardens program, delivered by COSBOA

By Simon Crerar on May 17, 2023 The federal government will invest $23.4 million over the next three years to help small businesses build their resilience to cyber threats by …

Telcos under fire from regulator over SMS scams

By Gordon Peters on May 17, 2023 The telecommunications industry regulator, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), has taken action against a number of telcos …

ACS lauds creation of National Anti-Scam Centre

By Gordon Peters on May 17, 2023 The allocation of $58 million by the Federal Government to establish a National Anti-Scam Centre has been welcomed by the Australian Computer Society …

Banks launch digital Fraud Reporting Exchange

By Kate Weber on May 17, 2023 A multitude of Australian banks, including the majors, have signed on to use a new digital platform developed to respond in real-time to fraudulent …

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By Steven Kirby on May 16, 2023 Last Week 08 – 14 May: Three new breaches, Ambulance Victoria internally exposing private medical results, TechnologyOne had its Microsoft 365 …

Australia’s privacy law reforms will challenge regional & global businesses

By Peter Leonard on May 16, 2023 As Australia’s government reviews its data and privacy laws, with draft legislation expected as early as Q4 this year, brands and marketers are on …

US firm’s Australian image trawling breached privacy

By Anonymous on May 16, 2023 Online images of Australians have been downloaded and offered to law enforcement agencies by a US firm which breached privacy laws. Clearview AI is a …

Banks unveil new weapon to fight scams, but consumer group says customers remain exposed

By By national consumer affairs reporter Michael Atkin and the Specialist Reporting Team’s Loretta Florance on May 16, 2023 Australia’s under-pressure banks have unveiled a new tool to combat fraudulent transactions in a bid to stop customers losing more and more money to …