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SoCI Act 2.0: Sweeping reforms proposed to Australia's critical infrastructure framework
The Federal Government has released a Consultation Paper proposing the most significant reforms to the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018 (Cth) since its introduction. We examine the key reforms, their potential impact on regulated entities and why organisations should engage. ...
The Cyber Brief: A minute to midnight: ASIC Commissioner Simone Constant on cyber risk and enforcement in the age of frontier AI
Learn how boards can strengthen cyber governance and preparedness to address AI-driven threats and ASIC expectations. ...
Automated decision-making transparency—what APP entities need to know about the APP 1 amendments
From 10 December, organisations will be required, under new Australian Privacy Principles (the APPs) 1.7–1.9, to include information about automated decision-making (ADM) in their privacy p ...
AFR AI Summit 2026
As a major sponsor of the AFR AI Summit 2026, Allens supported a timely discussion on AI moving from experimentation to delivering real, measurable business value. The summit explored how organis ...
Valeska Bloch appointed to Australian Government's Cyber Incident Review Board
The Board, which forms a key component of the Australian Government's 2023-2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy, will be responsible for conducting no-fault, post-incident reviews of significant ...
The Cyber Brief: cyber innovation and investment with former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (part two)
In part two of our conversation, former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull joins Valeska and Dominic to discuss the state of Australia's cyber startup landscape, the role of private capital and the polic ...
2024 regulatory enforcement trends and what they mean for the year ahead
Throughout 2024, regulatory enforcement risk in Australia was significantly influenced by ESG factors, along with issues relating to cyber, data and privacy. Notable regulatory developments occurred in these areas. ...
Board and management briefing: preparing for Mythos-class threats
Anthropic recently announced Claude Mythos Preview, an AI model that it says can autonomously find and exploit previously unknown security vulnerabilities 'in every major operating system and web brow ...
Three papers, one message—why Australia's critical infrastructure regime is about to change
In this Insight, we explain the implications of three recent major developments regarding the scope and operation of the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018 (Cth) (the SoCI Act): the Final R ...