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One cyber incident, many breaches: first civil penalty under the Privacy Act
The Federal Court has approved Australian Clinical Labs' settlement agreement with the Australian Information Commissioner (the Commissioner) to pay a $5.8 million penalty, and a contribution of $400, ...
How to manage cyber risk in 2026
Australian cyber risk management regimes are high-level and principles-based, offering flexibility but leaving organisations exposed if their capabilities and cybersecurity posture isn’t genuine ...
AI agents: redefining outsourcing
The premise of outsourcing is simple: organisations reduce their costs by leveraging a third party to perform labour-intensive work in a more efficient manner and with a lower cost base. However, the ...
Government consults on expanding Australian financial services law to digital assets
After a long period of discussion about potential digital asset reform, the Treasury has released draft legislation—the Treasury Laws Amendment (Regulating Digital Asset, and Tokenised Custody, ...
Cyber resilience and incident response in healthcare
Cyber incidents are disproportionately frequent in the healthcare sector—and their consequences are often more severe. The potentially life-threatening risk to patient care means that healthcare ...
The Cyber Brief: communicating through a cyber incident
Valeska and co-host Chris Kerrigan are joined by Meredith Griffanti, Senior Managing Director in Strategic Communications and Global Head of Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Communications at FTI Cons ...
Guide to conducting AI impact assessments
AI impact assessments are one of the most effective ways to turn responsible AI principles into practice, but they remain underused and often difficult to operationalise. Over the past few years, orga ...
The rise of stablecoins—Australian regulatory developments and their global context
Major progress is being made in modernising Australia's digital asset regulatory framework. ASIC Corporations (Stablecoin Distribution Exemption) Instrument 2025/631 grants class relief for intermedia ...
Governance doesn't stand still: 9 FAQs to help understand the Government's new Guidance for AI Adoption
Just a year after the publication of the Australian Voluntary AI Safety Standard (VAISS), the National AI Centre (NAIC) has published new Guidance for AI Adoption. The Guidance for AI Adoption updates ...
The Cyber Brief: lessons from an FBI veteran
In our second episode of The Cyber Brief, Valeska and co-host Chris Kerrigan are joined by Ryan Macfarlane, the Unit Chief of Counter Terrorism, Advanced Projects Unit at the FBI, where he worked for ...