Budget 2016: putting a price on cyber security
It’s been clear since mid-April that the Turnbull Government was...
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2016: The year of privacy?
Cyber-attacks are designed to obtain unauthorised access to an information system, often resulting in the unauthorised release of that information. Such action is a common example of a 'data breach'[1] by that 'victim' business. Data breaches are costly to Australian businesses, having resulted in $0.66m in losses in 2010 (measured against customer turnover, reputational losses and diminished goodwill).[2] This figure increased to $0.89m...
Cyber Risk 2015: Part 1 – What went down
This is the first of a four part series of what happened in the cyber...
What does a cyber breach look like?
There is a popular image of breaches of cyber security being caused...
Optus data breach: How not to ask for help
Whilst most data breaches are the result of targeted hacks or...
Customer data hacked – Kmart Australia and David...
On 29 September 2015, Kmart notified the Office of the Australian...
Can your city survive a cyber-attack?
Earlier this month Lloyd’s released its City Risk Index that looks...
A new Cyber-Tort for Australia?
A common law tort for invasion of privacy has not yet been developed...
Cyber Risk – No. 1 with a bullet!
Each year there are a few industry publications which I look forward...
The first cyber risk insurance case: Travellers v...
With the growing number of data breaches impacting both small and...