When most people think about the internet, they likely picture websites and apps. What they rarely see are the invisible services that make those experiences possible: systems that translate names into numbers, verify who you are, deliver messages and block malicious traffic.
Deepening AI adoption and a widening talent shortage are combining to push Australian information security spending past AU$7.5 billion in 2026, a 9.5 per cent increase on 2025, according to new Gartner research.
It’s hard to attend a meeting today without AI taking centre stage. Everybody is talking about what’s next for AI, what benefits it will provide, which tools it is going to be available within, and how it is going to make your life easier, or even worse, take your job!!
When a hospital migrated patient records to a new clinical management platform, the technical transfer succeeded. Every patient had a record in the new system. But six months later, clinicians discovered that specialist treatment notes were no longer linked to the diagnostic imaging that informed them.
A major cybersecurity incident at Sydney-based asset finance technology company youX has exposed the personal and financial records of 444,538 Australian borrowers, with a threat actor claiming to have exfiltrated 141 gigabytes of data from an unsecured cloud database.
Australian government entities have achieved strong protective security compliance results in 2024-25, but critical gaps in technology and cyber maturity remain unresolved, two landmark reports show.
Australian fixed-income specialist FIIG Securities has been ordered to pay $2.5 million in penalties after cyber security failures exposed 18,000 clients to a data breach that saw 385 gigabytes of confidential information stolen.
Nearly one-third of employees use unsanctioned AI agents for work tasks, creating security vulnerabilities most organisations cannot address, a new Microsoft report reveals.
The Department of Home Affairs and AUSTRAC have announced transitional rules providing existing reporting entities a three-year period to transition customer due diligence obligations under Australia's reformed anti-money laundering regime.
Sydney-based data governance platform RecordPoint says it is now processing more than 15 million data transactions per day - up from six million a year ago - as organisations accelerate AI adoption and tighten compliance controls
