Mandatory Data Breach laws stories

A data breach can be any company's worst nightmare. Not only can it cause catastrophic damage to systems and workflows, but it can also often be extraordinarily damaging and costly. 

“Privacy is about being transparent and clear with customers and protecting their personal information. It’s about telling people what you’re collecting and what you’re going to do with it."

It’s crucial for organisations to be able to access, understand, and accurately classify the data they have so they know how to treat it.

The Privacy Commissioner was seeking maximum breach fines of up to $1 million against body corporates.

Following the introduction of the Notifiable Data Breach Scheme (NDB) last year, a survey of ANZ businesses has revealed some concerning findings.

One Identity and Secureworks executives Alex Tilley and Serkan Cetin have released what they see coming for cybersecurity in 2019.

Data security incidents have risen 228 percent in the second quarter of 2018, while fines have doubled.

Any company that's doing business in Europe will be subject to the GDPR, including companies based in a foreign country.

In light of Australia’s NDB legislation, one Australian technology integrator says we can expect to see many reports surfacing over the coming years.

"Privacy is an essential human right and the online world has brought many changes and challenges to how privacy works in the Internet age."

ChannelLife had a chat with CrowdStrike's ANZ channel director about what it has to offer their partners, and what its partners can offer them.

Attackers are swift to ramp up the volume of attempts to break through defences once they find an effective technique.

Businesses are under more pressure than ever before to keep customer data secure – and they can’t afford to ignore it.

The solution is an answer to Australia's data breach notification law which came into effect in February.

New Zealand’s updated Privacy Bill is about to begin its first reading in Parliament with Andrew Little as the MP in charge.

We can no longer treat network security like a house onto which we keep tacking on additions and performing makeshift patch jobs.

We spoke to Juniper Networks to get their take on the Mandatory Data Breach Laws, and where they see opportunity for channel partners.