Industry Insider

  • AFP cops a blast for poor records management

    A report into the use of statutory powers by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) has given these a pass mark but uncovered serious deficiencies in the AFP’s record-keeping practices and processes. The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) found that “The AFP’s poor digital record-keeping is a risk to the integrity of its operations.”

  • Email fail behind RBNZ data breach

    The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has released the findings of independent reports on an illegal data breach on Christmas Day 2020 and its handling of sensitive information.

  • How to achieve a successful digital transformation

    In the Federal Budget 2021, the Government committed $1.2 billion to its Digital Economy Strategy. Its goal is to improve Australia’s competitiveness, boost productivity, create jobs, lift wages, and to become a leading digital economy by 2030.  

  • How Critical Industries Can Prepare for SOCI Act Reforms

    Our nation’s critical infrastructure is a highly connected system – one that supports and drives our day to day operations as businesses and as a nation. However, connectivity without security creates vulnerabilities that can have immense repercussions. With this in mind, the Australian Government has announced reforms to the Security of Critical Infrastructure (SOCI) Act 2018 that will impose new obligations on organisations covered by the legislation to manage the security and resilience of owned assets.

  • Microsoft Teams Governance vs. Management: What’s the Difference?

    As a hub of collaboration, Microsoft Teams is home to critical organizational data that must be managed properly at all times. In order to utilize Microsoft Teams in a way that helps bolster your business, the implementation should always adhere to your organization’s goals and policies—which brings up the concept of Teams governance.

  • Cyber attacks can shut down critical infrastructure. It's time to make cyber security compulsory

    On May 7, a pipeline system carrying almost half the fuel used on the east coast of the United States was crippled by a major cyber attack. The five-day shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline resulted in widespread fuel shortages and panic-buying as Virginia, North Carolina and Florida declared a state of emergency. The attack highlights how vulnerable critical infrastructure such as fuel pipelines are in an era of growing cyber security threats. In Australia, we believe the time has come to make it compulsory for critical infrastructure companies to implement serious cyber security measures.

  • Pandemic Drives Up US Public Records Request Volumes

    The unprecedented events of 2020, such as the pandemic and civil unrest, are increasing the volume of public records requests and are sending processing times higher because of the complexity of audio, video and other large files. That's according to the first quarter 2021 Peers in Public Records (PiPR) Index from GovQA, an index that tracks US state and local public records trends.

  • ELO’s new ECM Suite – What’s new, what’s better

    ​There are a host of reasons to get excited about the latest release of the ELO Enterprise Content Management (ECM) suite, which offers a completely new user interface, additional business solutions and preconfigured workflows, that can rapidly introduce cost-effective automation to your organisation.

  • Do You Need a Chief Data Officer?

    Less than half of large companies have a chief data officer (CDO), according to the 2021 Gartner CEO and Senior Business Executive Survey. Does your organization need one?

  • A Work Anywhere Workplace is What Employees Actually Want

    As organizations around the world make plans for their people to return to the workplace, the latest research report from Accenture  finds that 83% of people say a hybrid work model is optimal ─ where individuals have the ability to work remotely between 25% and 75% of the time.