Australia’s Freedom of Information Commissioner has quit less than 12 months into his five-year appointment, with Leo Hardiman announcing his resignation on LinkedIn. Frustration over the difficulties in overhauling the FOI system to enable timely response to FOI requests were cited as his reason behind abandoning the role.
In February 2023, the 2022 Privacy Act Review Report was released by the Attorney-General's Department. The Report proposes many sensible reforms in line with the current cultural shift towards greater privacy regulation. Organisations should start getting ready now.
Over recent years, user and entity behaviour analysis (UEBA) has evolved as a new set of tools in the chief information security officer (CISO)’s armoury. So, where has it come from and how can today’s solutions help?
A small avalanche of data from various sources (including Gartner) confirms what many of us in the cybersecurity world have believed for years: security awareness doesn’t work. I suspect that this will not come as a surprise to anyone who works in security as it is routine for employees to prioritise pretty much anything else over security when a conflict arises.
