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• ANU hit by cyberattack breaching 19 years’ worth of personal data

  ​Australian National University (ANU) has detected a breach in which 19 years’ worth of personal staff, student and visitor data has been accessed.

• Why more CEOs will be fired after a cyberattack

  The cyberattack on Equifax is a sobering reminder for any CEO of the perils involved with data breaches. Regulatory trends indicate increasing responsibility for boards and executives in reporting and preventing cyberattacks.

• Many companies are not GDPR-compliant: report

  Despite undertaking measures to improve data security and privacy, 38 per cent of global organisations responding to a survey say they are still not compliant with the new general data protection regulation (GDPR) requirements.

• Australian firms fall in new global ransomware attack

  ​Cadbury’s chocolate making facility in Hobart and the Sydney office of law firm DLA Piper are understood to have fallen victim to a new global ransomware attack.

• ​Tech leaders detail security strategies

  The threat of cyberattacks continues to overwhelm many organisations, and it’s simply not a matter of ‘if’ but ‘when’ corporate networks will be breached by hackers.
  

• Australia could become Asian cyber security base, says CBA’s security chief

  Australia could become a beachhead of cyber security capabilities into Asia due to our stable ICT and economic environment and comparatively high level of trust compared to our neighbours in the region.
  

• Cloud forensics: In a lawsuit, can your cloud provider get key evidence you need?

  Any business that anticipates using cloud-based services should be asking the question: What can my cloud provider do for me in terms of providing digital forensics data in the event of any legal dispute, civil or criminal case, cyberattack or data breach?

• Building a fortress in the cloud for your critical data

  Businesses are in the crosshairs as military and spy organizations around the world step up their cyber-snooping techniques, and the shift to cloud is only exacerbating the risks. How can you be sure your cloud partner is capable of protecting your data from cyberattacks?

• Hitting back at cyberattackers: Experts discuss pros and cons

  The questions are being asked more often: When a cyberattack hits your network, is it right to launch a counter-attack of some type to try to at least identify the source if not stop it? Since the wheels of justice do indeed grind slowly, should frustrated IT professionals with security skills take matters into their own hands or hire others to do so?

• FBI, DHS say no evidence of a hack in an Illinois water district pump failure

  The FBI and Department of Homeland Security say they can't find evidence to confirm any of the story that an Illinois water authority's SCADA network was hacked and that it resulted in burning out a pump in the system.