Businesses unprepared for new data breach notification laws - AFR - 29th January 2018
NewsThousands of Australian small businesses remain woefully unprepared for the introduction of new laws that will require them to publicly disclose if their customers' data is breached by hackers or technology problems, according to local industry experts and recently conducted research.
Mandatory data breach reporting laws come into effect in Australia in February, years after they were introduced in other countries, such as the US, but a new study by cyber security provider CyberArk has found 44 per cent of Australian businesses are not fully prepared.
While it is predictable enough for a security vendor to warn that businesses need to worry more about security, independent Australian cyber security expert James Turner, of IBRS and CISO Lens, said small businesses were "absolutely not" prepared for the new laws.
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James Turner
James Turner is an IBRS emeritus Advisor who specialised in cyber security and risk and facilitates the CIO Cyber and Risk Network on behalf of IBRS. James has over a decade of experience as an industry analyst and advisor; researching the cyber security industry in Australia. As an IBRS Advisor, James authored over 100 IBRS Advisory papers, led dozens of executive roundtables, and presented at numerous conferences.