Governance Risk and Compliance
Organisations face rising threat from advanced malware hiding in encrypted traffic, according to WatchGuard's latest Internet Security Report. Security experts warn that attackers are increasingly using Transport Layer Security to conceal malicious payloads from traditional defences.
Optus Mobile has paid $A826,320 in penalties after scammers exploited vulnerabilities in its identity verification systems. The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) found Optus operating as Coles Mobile breached telco anti-scam rules on 44 occasions between 23 September and 23 October 2024.
Sentra has launched an AI classification capability designed to identify sensitive information within unstructured data at enterprise scale. The vendor claims its specialised Small Language Models achieve 99% accuracy while processing petabytes of data.
Microsoft is including its Security Copilot AI platform in all Microsoft 365 E5 subscriptions at no additional cost. The rollout began on 18 November 2025 for existing Security Copilot customers with Microsoft 365 E5 licences.
Organisations now have a scalable solution to locate and secure sensitive personal data buried across sprawling digital repositories. EzeScan's Document Repository Analyser (DRA) – part of its PII & PCI Automated Discovery & Redaction suite – delivers both discovery and remediation capabilities integrated in a single platform.
GenRocket's new Unstructured Data Accelerator enables organisations to generate documents and images for testing, compliance and AI without exposing sensitive information. The platform creates synthetic versions of PDFs, images and document files while maintaining the same structural integrity, business logic and compliance standards as its structured data generation tools.
OpenText Cybersecurity has released its annual ‘Nastiest Malware 2025’ report, naming the six most damaging malware groups impacting organisations globally. Four of the top groups had a significant presence in Australia over the past year, including Qilin, Akira, Scattered Spider, and ShinyHunters.
Enterprise leaders face a critical compliance challenge as workplace communication fragments across personal and corporate platforms, creating data security and operational control problems that existing solutions fail to address. An Australian–New Zealand startup plans to fill this gap with locally controlled infrastructure.
Atturra and EncompaaS have announced a partnership to help Australian enterprises prepare data infrastructure for agentic artificial intelligence deployment. The collaboration combines EncompaaS' data-preparation platform with Atturra's consulting and technology services experience.
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has launched a new interactive dashboard that transforms how organisations access and analyse data breach statistics, revealing a 10% decrease in breaches for January-June 2025.
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