It’s a curious reality that, although employees are swiftly punished for violating information security policy, such an extreme lack of interest in providing those employees with adequate cybersecurity awareness training exists amongst organizations. In a survey conducted by Enterprise Management Associates (EMA), only 56 percent of employees said that they receive cybersecurity awareness and policy … Continue reading How to Encourage Employees to Promote Cybersecurity Awareness →

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Who does this affect? The new requirements affect all APP entities i.e. any entity that is currently bound to comply with the Australian Privacy Principles under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), including Commonwealth Government Agencies and private organisations with an annual turnover of more than AUD3 million, as well as a limited number of other … Continue reading On 13 February 2017 the Australian Government passed the Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Bill 2017 →

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Organisations will soon be legally obliged to disclose data breaches thanks to a new bill that has been passed by the Federal Government. How will these new laws impact your business? Read on to find out more. After going through the House of Representatives last week, The Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Bill 2016 made … Continue reading How Will Australia’s New Mandatory Data Breach Notification Laws Impact Your Business? →

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Perhaps hundreds of emails cross your screen every day. The day can drag on and in the monotony of your daily routine, you just keep clicking on links without a care in the world. OK, maybe things aren’t that bad, but those phishing scams are tricky and it takes ever-vigilant users and security departments to … Continue reading Phishing test results in a barely-passing grade for users →

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