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The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has released further draft guidance on the notifiable data breaches (NDB) regime that comes into effect in just over three months’ time. It is also hosting a Webinar on 21 November 2017 at 12.00 pm AEDT to explain how the obligations of the scheme will work in practice.

The NSW Land and Environment Court is conducting a trial of paperless hearings aiming to make justice faster, cheaper and greener.

Whitsunday Regional Councll in Queensland has announced that it will implement cloud-based business process management software from Promapp to support the organisation’s day-to-day operational processes. The decision, which was part of the council’s strategic plan prior to Tropical Cyclone Debbie, was expedited by the havoc caused by the storm earlier in the year.  Promapp will underpin process support for a major new council IT system which is slated to go live within the next 12 months.

While it’s fair to say that BYOD and the wider use of mobile devices resulted in a steady decline in paper usage - the reality is that the paperless office is still a pipe dream for most.

Skilful voice impersonators are able to fool state-of-the-art speaker recognition systems, as these systems generally aren’t efficient yet in recognising voice modifications, according to new research from the University of Eastern Finland. The vulnerability of speaker recognition systems poses significant security concerns.

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