A purge of legacy systems across Australia’s federal government would likely cost billions and remains unlikely. Still, the OpenAI Medicare breach has prompted an immediate stocktake of the outdated technology agencies run.
Nearly nine in ten senior executives believe a data sovereignty failure could cost them their jobs. Yet almost two thirds of their organisations have no formal sovereignty strategy, new global research shows.
Free market enthusiasts have long argued that private industry does things more efficiently than government. New research into data breach notifications in Australia provides a stark illustration.
Always-on AI agents that run on their own cloud computer are rolling out in ChatGPT. In organisations, they can be issued their own identity and credentials.
Australia’s Medicare system manages health and medical data for over 27 million people. So it makes sense there has been widespread shock at the news it was hacked by an OpenAI agent in June.
New Zealand's Privacy Commissioner has used compliance notices to dictate how a health agency must vet, contract with and monitor providers holding patient data. The move follows a breach affecting around 99,416 people.
Suncorp is projecting annual savings of 68,000 hours of manual effort after using AI to classify and name workers compensation claim documents. Daily document naming corrections have fallen by around 45%.
Global advisory firm FTI Consulting has responded to rising client demand by appointing a dedicated Australia leader for its Information Governance, Privacy and Security practice.
SAP has agreed to acquire Dremio, an open-source data lakehouse platform, in a bid to solve the data fragmentation problem that the enterprise software giant says is the primary reason AI initiatives fail in large organisations. Financial terms were not disclosed.
APRA has told banks, insurers and superannuation trustees that governance, risk management and operational resilience practices are failing to keep pace with the speed and complexity of AI adoption - and has threatened enforcement action against entities that do not address the gaps.
New Zealand law firm Buddle Findlay has warned that Kiwi businesses that hold or handle the personal information of individuals in Australia must prepare for strict new transparency rules regarding automated decision-making.
As enterprises accelerate deployment of agentic AI systems, Automation Anywhere has published a framework arguing that conventional sovereign AI approaches - focused primarily on data storage location - are insufficient for workflows where AI agents actively execute tasks across multiple systems and jurisdictions.
Gartner predicts that by 2028, an average global Fortune 500 enterprise will have over 150,000 agents in use, up from less than 15 in 2025, generating significant agent sprawl, IT complexity and management challenges.
Medical device manufacturer Medtronic has confirmed that an unauthorised party accessed data within its corporate IT systems, triggering incident response protocols and an ongoing investigation into the scope of the breach.
Australia Post has partnered with AI security firm Alpha Level to apply machine learning to cyber threat detection across its national network - including systems used by thousands of licensed post offices and small businesses.
A Harvard Business Review Analytic Services study has found that while 94% of organisations recognise connected data and workflows as critical to AI success, fewer than one in three say their systems are actually well connected today.
A NSW Treasury employee has been arrested and charged over the alleged theft of more than 5,600 sensitive government documents in what the state government has declared a significant cyber incident.
