"The number of larger scale breaches caused by cyber security incidents reiterates the importance of entities having measures in place to protect, detect and respond to the range of cyber threats in the environment," Privacy Commissioner Angelene Falk said in a statement.
Health may suffer more data breaches because it's more of a "cottage industry" than, for instance, financial services, according to Peter Leonard, principal at Data Synergies. A data breach could include health information in an email sent to the wrong person, or even lost paperwork. "By definition, the more … humans involved in handling information, the more likely something is going to go wrong."Following a spate of high-profile data breaches in 2022, there has been increased attention on whether Australian organisations are being properly regulated when it comes to privacy and data management.
The ‘sytem’ is reactive & too late. Digital Systems Security is a proactive dispensation. Ignore it at your peril.
Fools know only to fine and extort money from private firms..lets us see if they do the same to public department, or will they refund the money collected from companies like Optus. Hail or sunshine, government devised a cunning way to make money for free.