What Nonprofits Need to Know About Australia’s Notifiable Data Breaches Scheme Australia’s new law is a 2017 amendment to theAustralian Privacy Act. The amendment introduces theNotifiable Data Breaches Scheme(the Scheme), which went into effect on February 22, 2018. Australiangovernment agencies, ...
Businesses are also more aware of the cost. According to IBM’sCost of a Data Breach Report 2023, the average cost of a data breach in Australia has grown by 32% in five years to AU $4.03 million (US $2.57 million). This is being led by the financial services sector, with an avera...
The NDB refers to Australia’s Notifiable Data Breaches Scheme, which is a law introduced by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner. This law necessitates the notification of any individual affected by a data breach within a specific period of time after the breach was discovered. ...
Storage encryption is a good way to ensure your data is safe, if it is lost. However, it is considered to be more secure to encrypt data in databases at the level of individual files, volumes, or columns. This may even be required for compliance, if data is shared with other users or...
The SPF is designed to apply to multiple sectors. The Government initially proposes to designate telco providers, banks and digital platform providers, and will consider other sectors as the regime develops. If you are a business providing services in a regulated sector, you will need to: proacti...
Uber is not the first and won't be the last to be involved in a data breach. As transactions are increasingly made over the internet, it is highly likely Australians will fall victim to more and more data hacks. Consumers who may be left out-of-pocket, receiving increased spam email and...
A PKI built with security and integrity at its core can provide you with legal protection in instances, when user activity is in dispute. The secure digital signature provides irrefutable evidence of the message’s sender as well as the time it was sent, but it is only as defendable as...