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WTW adds cybersecurity consultant

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2022
... clients." The expanding of the team comes as the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner said it received 464 data breach notification in the second half of 2021, with many committed against major organisations. Wiggan is based in WTW's Brisbane ...

Venture capital firm in data breach

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2021
... is "no cause for concern, but we take cyber security very seriously and will continue to monitor the matter". In a data breach notice sent to California's Office of the Attorney General, Sequoia Capital wrote how it discovered that an unauthorised ...

Malicious attacks most common in finance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... error was the source of 28% of data breaches within the finance sector. "Organisations need to reduce the risk of a data breach by addressing human error - for example, by prioritising training staff on secure information handling practices," Falk said. ...

ASIC faces cybersecurity attack

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
Corporate watchdog ASIC was hit with a cybersecurity breach on January 15 that has potentially exposed personal information. ASIC announced on January 25 that the incident involved unauthorised access to a server that contained documents associated ...

InPayTech's ClickSuper grows

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
InPayTech's superannuation payment solution has picked up new payroll provider clients, as cybercrime continues to threaten the super sector. The payment technology company has confirmed seven new payroll providers have joined the firm's integrated ...

How to lose a mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
... fund managers. Together, these investors have more than $482 billion in assets under management. Cyber security, a data breach or a significant data threat jointly topped the list, with 57% chances of the institutional investor putting a fund managermandate ...

Industry fund members targeted

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
... are targeting those working in the transport industry, not just TWUSUPER members and there is no implication of a data breach. The fund wrote to members: "These salespeople are employing aggressive sales tactics to encourage you to roll your super from ...

AustralianSuper members exposed to security breach

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 JAN 2019
The accounts of about 11,000 AustralianSuper members have been the target of a security breach. Australia's largest superannuation fund, with about 2.2 million members, said it has detected the "unauthorised access," which occurred earlier this ...

Cybercrime protection inadequate: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
... cybersecurity. The head of cybersecurity, governance and consulting Ian Cameron at insurance company IAG said a mass data breach could be a scary possibility. The company knew it would have to answer to its board on its cybersecurity program, he said. ...

Train staff on privacy risks: OAIC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has called for staff training on how to identify and prevent privacy risks, as financial services recorded the second highest number of data breaches in the third quarter of 2018. In its report of ...