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Why Data, Information, and AI Governance Can't Stay in Their Lanes

If you've spent any time in governance, you've noticed something: we've been running three separate disciplines that are all trying to solve variations of the same problem. Data governance over here. Information governance over there. And now AI governance is showing up like a new kid at school, expecting everyone to make room.

Ransom Payments Surge as Ransomware Groups Multiply

Ransom payments climbed sharply in 2025, with 24% of ransomware victims paying - up from 14% the previous year - as the number of active threat groups rose 16% to 67, according to a new global report. The S-RM and FGS Global Cyber Incident Insights Report 2026, drawing on data from more than 800 incidents responded to globally in 2025, found the average ransom payment reached USD $296,000. Ransomware accounted for 45% of all incidents.

Why cloud service outages ripple across the internet – and the economy

When most people think about the internet, they likely picture websites and apps. What they rarely see are the invisible services that make those experiences possible: systems that translate names into numbers, verify who you are, deliver messages and block malicious traffic.

2026 $7.5B Security Spend Signals AI Arms Race: Gartner

Deepening AI adoption and a widening talent shortage are combining to push Australian information security spending past AU$7.5 billion in 2026, a 9.5 per cent increase on 2025, according to new Gartner research.

What my mango tree taught me about AI

It’s hard to attend a meeting today without AI taking centre stage. Everybody is talking about what’s next for AI, what benefits it will provide, which tools it is going to be available within, and how it is going to make your life easier, or even worse, take your job!!

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