The OAIC’s report into the 2025 Qantas cyber incident provides important guidance on how regulators assess cyber risk following a data breach. Melissa Tan explores five key lessons for organisations...
Insurers, brokers, healthcare organisations and healthcare professionals should carefully assess AI-related exposures and consider whether existing policy wordings adequately respond to these AI evolving risks in the healthcare sector.
The Enhanced Critical Infrastructure Risk Management Program (CIRMP) Rules 2026 introduce significantly stronger cyber security, governance and supply chain obligations for responsible entities across Australia's critical infrastructure sectors. While the...
The proposed 2026 SOCI Act reforms would significantly strengthen governance, risk management and supply chain obligations for responsible entities. Organisations should prepare for enhanced CIRMP requirements, increased board oversight, new...
The proposed 2026 reforms to the SOCI Act could significantly expand cyber security obligations beyond critical infrastructure owners to managed service providers, IT contractors and other suppliers with practical operational...
The cyber risk landscape continues to shift as threat actors tap into emerging technologies, geopolitical tensions heighten, and enforcement action increases.
AI has a huge role to play within the cyber security context, but with the good often comes the bad.
From “humble” beginnings, ransomware has evolved rapidly in tactics, scale and organisational structure. It is now a billion-dollar enterprise and predicted to cost US$265 billion annually by 2031.
As we look to 2025 and beyond, four key themes will impact the cyber insurance industry.
The Security of Critical Infrastructure and Other Legislation Amendment (Enhanced Response and Prevention) Bill 2024 (Cth) will amend the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018 (Cth).
To complement the 'limited use' obligation on the NCSC introduced by the Cyber Security Bill, the Intelligence Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Cyber Security) Bill 2024 (Cth) amends the Intelligence...
On 9 October 2024, the Australian Government introduced the Cyber Security Legislative Package 2024 into Parliament as part of reforms to strengthen Australia's national cyber defences.