In a controversial decision that has sparked widespread criticism, the UK's data protection regulator, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), announced that it would not take enforcement action against the Ministry of Defence.
We are entering the third phase of generative AI. First came the chatbots, followed by the assistants. Now we are beginning to see agents: systems that aspire to greater autonomy and can work in “teams” or use tools to accomplish complex tasks.
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University have demonstrated that large language models can autonomously plan and execute sophisticated cyberattacks on enterprise-grade network environments without human intervention.
The NSW Government has awarded Aristotle Metadata a new three-year contract to continue hosting its central metadata platform following a competitive tender process.
Britain's data protection watchdog has fined Scottish charity Birthlink £18,000 for destroying approximately 4,800 personal records containing irreplaceable adoption documents to create space within their filing cabinets.
Australia's privacy regulator will intensify scrutiny of artificial intelligence use, facial recognition technology and government messaging apps as part of its regulatory priorities for 2025-26.
Western Australia will implement state-based privacy legislation for public sector organisations from July 2026, establishing new compliance obligations for government agencies and contracted service providers.
Linear Tape-Open technology shipments reached a record 176.5 exabytes in 2024, marking 15.4% growth as enterprises grapple with surging unstructured data from artificial intelligence and machine learning implementations.
Smaller financial institutions face mounting pressure to meet anti-money laundering (AML) compliance standards as regulators increasingly target firms previously considered low-priority, according to analysis from compliance technology provider Consilient.
Vanta has acquired Riskey, a specialist in realtime third- and fourth-party risk monitoring, in a move to transform how organizations manage vendor cybersecurity risks. The acquisition integrates Riskey's technology into Vanta's Vendor Risk Management platform, replacing traditional static point-in-time assessments with continuous, AI-driven risk intelligence.
