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The Australian Taxation Office, Department of Defence, National Archives of Australia (NAA) and Services Australia have been given a six-month deadline to report progress in closing significant breaches relating to their governance and control of IT systems. 

OpenText has revealed its “Nastiest Malware of 2024” list, spotlighting the year’s most notorious cyber threats. Now in its seventh year, OpenText’s cybersecurity experts have identified the most relentless and adaptive malware trends impacting industries worldwide.

One half of all enterprises will use integrated intelligent automation technologies to optimize digital efficiencies by 2026, say analysts with Information Services Group (ISG), a global technology research and advisory firm.

Castlepoint Systems has been recognised as one of Australia’s Top 100 Innovators in the Cyber Category for the third year running. This recognition highlights the company’s efforts in advancing information management and security through ethical AI solutions.

More of our personal data is now collected and stored online than ever before in history. The rise of data breaches should unsettle us all. At an individual level, data breaches can compromise our privacy, cause harm to our finances and mental health, and even enable identity theft. For organisations, the repercussions can be equally severe, often resulting in major financial losses and brand damage.

Australia’s new digital ID system promises to transform the way we live. All of our key documents, such as driver’s licences and Medicare cards, will be in a single digital wallet, making it easier for us to access a range of services.

More than a year after their joint statement calling on social media companies (SMCs) to protect personal information on their platforms from unlawful data scraping, an expanded group of global privacy authorities has outlined progress so far.

ASIC is urging financial services and credit licensees to ensure their governance practices keep pace with their accelerating adoption of artificial intelligence (AI). The call comes as ASIC’s first state of the market review of the use and adoption of AI by 23 licensees found there was potential for governance to lag AI adoption, despite current AI use being relatively cautious.

Most Australian technology leaders (81%) feel it is difficult to keep up with the pace of change, with 76% recognising their own role has evolved significantly over the past 2 years, according to new research from KPMG.

The goal of Intelligent Document Processing (IDP), or indeed any form of document automation, is no-touch or ‘straight-through’ processing, eliminating the need for time-consuming and often tedious manual intervention. Automation is easy, but accurate automation is not: historically, many IDP systems have failed to achieve this key outcome.