Freedom of Information Commissioner Alice Linacre has called on Australian Government agencies to shift their information management strategy from reactive to proactive publication. Her address to the Australian Government Solicitor FOI and Privacy Law Conference on 6 November identified proactive disclosure as the primary driver for achieving transparency, citizen trust, and democratic participation.
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.
Law firm Holding Redlich has rolled out Lexis Create+, an AI–powered legal drafting solution integrated into Microsoft 365, across its Australia and New Zealand offices. The deployment represents a shift toward automation in legal document creation, following a staged training program for practitioners.
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.
Microsoft's Executive V-P of Security Charlie Bell has issued a stark warning about the security implications of AI agents in enterprise environments, urging organisations to implement robust governance frameworks to prevent AI from becoming "double agents" that undermine cybersecurity efforts.
A recent audit by the Victorian Auditor-General's Office (VAGO) has found that no Victorian government agencies have complete and accurate IT server inventories, leaving them vulnerable to cyber threats.
Nearly all organisations are using artificial intelligence in some capacity, but most remain in the experimentation or piloting phase rather than scaling enterprise-wide, according to McKinsey's latest global survey on AI.
In October 2025, Noosa Council CEO Larry Sengstock revealed a sobering truth: the council had fallen victim to a sophisticated $A1.9 million fraud perpetrated by international criminals. Despite having standard processes in place, the organisation was targeted through what Sengstock described as "social engineering AI techniques" – a sophisticated, strategic attack that bypassed existing safeguards.
Last week, OpenAI unveiled ChatGPT Atlas, a web browser that promises to revolutionise how we interact with the internet. The company’s CEO, Sam Altman, described it as a “once-a-decade opportunity” to rethink how we browse the web.
A NSW Auditor-General's report has revealed significant deficiencies in IT controls and cyber security practices across major NSW government agencies, with nearly half of all audit findings related to information technology weaknesses.
