Optus Breach – What is Cyber Security for renewable energy generators?

The recent Optus Data breach raised nationwide concerns, however, the Commonwealth Government has already introduced a slate of new cyber security regulations aiming to strengthen the protection of critical infrastructure, including renewable energy assets.   The regulations aim to equip critical infrastructure providers with financial and regulatory support required to ward off malicious cyber-attacks. They […]

Privacy Law Reform back on the Agenda – What Organisations Need to do Now

In response to the Optus data breach, the Federal Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has committed to making “urgent” reforms to the Federal Privacy Act, ideally by the end of 2022.  With only four sitting weeks left for Parliament, it would be impossible for these reforms to address the full suite of reforms on the table as […]