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GUEST OPINION: Immutability, in the context of data and information technology, refers to the property of data or systems that cannot be changed once they are created. This concept plays a critical role in ensuring cyber safety in Australian enterprises. In a rapidly evolving digital landscape, where threats to data security and privacy are ever-present, immutability provides a strong foundation for safeguarding sensitive information and maintaining the integrity of critical systems. With recent high-profile attacks throwing the handling and storage of that information very much into the spotlight, the consequences of a vulnerable data governance plan are stark.

GUEST OPINION: Data breaches are an unfortunate reality in today's digital landscape. Understanding the implications of these breaches is critical in regulated industries like healthcare, finance and education.

GUEST OPINION: It might be on the 'to-do' lists of many CISOs, yet the adoption of zero-trust security architectures by Australian organisations is taking place more slowly than in other parts of the world.

Global financial services provider Perpetual Group has suffered a ransomware attack in which personal data has been pilfered.

The Australian Government is restoring the separate role of Privacy Commissioner, five years after it was folded into the responsibilities of the Australian Information Commissioner.

Financial services provider Latitude Financial says driver licence details of 7.9 million Australian and New Zealand customers were stolen during the breach which it first reported on 16 March.

Financial services provider Latitude Financial says the personal information of about 330,000 customers and applicants was stolen during a data breach which it made public on 16 March.

Financial services provider Latitude Financial has disclosed a breach that it says has led to the leak of personal IDs of more than 100,000 customers from one of its service providers.

Consulting, technology services and digital transformation firms Blazeclan and Innovo Technology have formed an alliance to attack the Australian IT services sector.

If you're one of Latitude Financial Services' 1.2 million Mastercard customers, and you own a recent Samsung smartphone, you can take a positive attitude to Samsung Pay payments.