Vikas Thakur / / 4 min readThe OAIC's July to December 2024 report put health on 121 notifications, then government on 100, finance on 54, legal, accounting and management services on 36, and retail on 34. Here is what the list says about local businesses.
Vikas Thakur / / 5 min readUnder the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme, a covered business has 30 calendar days to assess a suspected breach. The OAIC logged 595 notifications from July to December 2024. Here is who the scheme covers and what to do first.
Vikas Thakur / / 13 min readUnder the Cyber Security Act 2024, a business with turnover over $3 million that pays a ransomware demand has 72 hours to report it to the Australian Signals Directorate. Here is who is caught, what the report needs, and what to build into your incident response workflow.
Vikas Thakur / / 8 min readHealth service providers, the category dental practices fall under, accounted for 121 of the 595 data breaches reported to Australia's privacy regulator in the second half of 2024, 20% of the total. It was the top sector for the third straight reporting period.