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ACNC tightens screws on NFPs with complex corporate structures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... risks and manage cyber security incidents." The ACNC plans to ask questions about what makes charities vulnerable to cybercrime, how charities manage and mitigate cybersecurity risks, and how they ensure third parties manage risk on their behalf. The ...

Institutions must raise the bar on cybersecurity resilience: APRA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2023
... assessment, and the fourth and final tranche is expected to be rolled out later in the year. APRA said the rates of cybercrime have increased, and criminal attacks are becoming more sophisticated. In recent months several global institutions have been ...

BT upgrades platform functionality

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2023
... said. "BT is also focused on enhancing the security features on BT Panorama, to manage risks related to the increasing cybercrime rate in Australia," she said. A recent upgrade enabled support teams to source information relating to social security. ...

Budget cuts advisers' power bills, admin burden

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... their tax agents with authority to act on their behalf for extended periods." Acknowledging the increasing threat of cybercrime, Chalmers allocated $23.4 million to help SMEs combat cybersecurity attacks via the Cyber Wardens program, which will be delivered ...

The seven global megatrends to watch: CSIRO

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2023
... ensure that manufacturers locally can dynamically respond to these global market changes." The escalating threat of cybercrime also presents a growing challenge for Australian organisations. In the past year alone, the Australian Cybersecurity Center ...

Industry groups welcome Labor government

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2022
... the resilience of Australia's digital insurance environment to protect Australian businesses from the impacts of cybercrime. In the wake of the new change of government, the Investor Group on Climate Change also posited that there was a huge opportunity ...

Cyber attacks scare directors: WTW

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2022
... under cyber-insurance policies since 2019. "Ransomware has become a low investment, low risk and high reward method of cybercrime which organisations cannot ignore," WTW said. "From an industry sector perspective, our data shows the top three industry ...

Super fund member meetings under the spotlight

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2021
Superannuation funds need to lift their game when it comes to annual member meetings as ASIC found that many should be giving members a better opportunity to have their voices heard. While the the corporate regulator did not identify significant failures ...

CSIRO contractor in crypto scam

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... actions of CSIRO in identifying this criminal conduct and swiftly reporting it for investigation," AFP commander of cybercrime operations Chris Goldsmith said. "This man's activities diverted these supercomputer resources away from performing significant ...

Cyber criminals jump on ERS

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
Reports of cybercrime increased significantly after the government announced the Early Release of Superannuation (ERS) and JobKeeper schemes, according to the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission. ACCC chair Rod Simms told the joint committee ...
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