IBM finds ASX outage the result of trade platform not being ready for go-liveBig Blue has served the ASX with 17 recommendations and found a number of shortcomings in the ASX Trade Refresh project, which resulted in a pause of trading on the day of go-live.August 22, 2021 by Asha Barbaschow in Security
Security landscape plagued by too many vendors: CiscoRonny Guillaume, system engineer security at Cisco Systems, is concerned that organisations are surrounded by too much noise in the security space to grasp what they actually need to employ.November 22, 2016 by Asha Barbaschow in Security
Anti-money laundering regulation for all crypto exchanges on Austrac's wish listSince gaining a level of regulatory oversight of cryptocurrency exchanges in late 2017, Austrac has had 456 registrations. But the agency wants more commitment from the sector over anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing issues.May 25, 2021 by Asha Barbaschow in Security
CBA slapped with a court-enforceable undertaking after loss of data on 20m customersFollows inquiries by the OAIC into the bank's handling of personal information in relation to two data incidents.June 26, 2019 by Asha Barbaschow in Security
Australian government justifies decision to go with AWS for COVIDSafeThe Digital Transformation Agency also outlined the technical specifications given to Amazon Web Services to build it an app.May 17, 2020 by Asha Barbaschow in Security
New Aussie legislation to target use of personal information by social mediaThe Attorney-General's Department said the legislation, separate from its review of the Privacy Act, will target social media companies to ensure greater transparency about how personal information is being used and how consent is obtained.July 30, 2021 by Asha Barbaschow in Security
Swinburne University confirms over 5,000 individuals affected in data breachUniversity confirms the personal information included in the breach contained names, email addresses, and phone numbers of some staff, students, and external partiesApril 15, 2021 by Asha Barbaschow in Security
Prime Minister says Australia is under cyber attack from state-based actorLight on detail and refusing to attribute, Scott Morrison says state-based attacks are targeting all levels of government, as well as the private sector.June 18, 2020 by Asha Barbaschow in Security
Committee orders complete redrafting of Biometric Bills as privacy safeguards are deemed inadequateBipartisan agreement that the Bills are not sufficient in their current forms.October 23, 2019 by Asha Barbaschow in Security
12 years on, audit finds WA government entities still don't get infosecThey're slowly getting better though, with 15 passing the auditor-general's probe this year.April 7, 2020 by Asha Barbaschow in Security