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Cyber Incident Management Plan
Last month the Victorian Government released its Cyber Incident Management Plan (Plan). The Plan applies to all Victorian Public Sector bodies (Victorian Government organisations), and details the responsibilities of Victorian Government organisations in managing cyber … Continued
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NSW Minister has confirmed the NSW Modern Slavery Act is under review and could be canned
The confusion and uncertainty surrounding the NSW Modern Slavery Act looks set to be clarified with the relevant NSW Minister referring the NSW legislation to the Standing Committee on Social Issues for review. We have been assisting … Continued
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OAIC releases Notifiable Data Breaches Scheme 12-month insights report
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (the OAIC) has released a report (the NDB Report) which provides interesting and helpful insights into the first year of the Notifiable Data Breaches Scheme (the NDB Scheme). … Continued
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Direct registration coming to .au
It is likely that Australian businesses and users will soon be able to register domain names directly at the second level (eg yourname.au) as well as in the existing second level domains (eg yourname.com.au). This … Continued
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Ten Digital Currency Exchange “Best Practice Tips” drawn from New York Attorney-General’s Virtual Markets Integrity Initiative Report
As operators and regulators alike feel their way toward a regulatory regime for digital currencies, any insight into the thinking of a key regulator should be considered carefully. All the more so when that regulator … Continued
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Ambassador for Cyber Affairs confirms a resilience approach to cyber issues must be adopted
On Tuesday 23 October, Dr Tobias Feakin, Australia’s inaugural Ambassador for Cyber Affairs (Ambassador) stepped off a plane from New York, set aside his jet-lag and managed to give a passionate speech to a diverse … Continued
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Procuring small-scale software solutions
We have been noticing recently that a lot of our local government clients have been procuring a wide variety of smaller-scale cloud-based software solutions. With these types of procurements, vendors will try to insist that … Continued
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Australian Blockchain Mission to Shanghai 2018 – Part 2
Maddocks senior associate Michael Zheng reports from on the ground as part of the Australian Blockchain Mission delegation in Shanghai on 17 September 2018. You can read Part 1 here. The Wanxiang Global Blockchain Summit … Continued
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Australian Blockchain Mission to Shanghai 2018 – Part 1
Maddocks senior associate Michael Zheng reports from on the ground as part of the Australian delegation in Shanghai on 11 September 2018. Upcoming blockchain trends and learnings from top Chinese financial services companies have been … Continued
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Commonwealth releases long-awaited encryption assistance bill for public comment
The Commonwealth’s Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018 (the Bill) sets out a new framework under which agencies can seek or compel industry assistance in relation to accessing encrypted communications. Scope … Continued
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