Data governance practices to stop hackers in their tracks

The high-profile Optus and Medibank Private data breaches exposed the public to Australia’s vulnerability to hackers.

“All parts of the Australian economy are at risk from cyber incidents,” says Professor Matt Warren, director of the RMIT University Centre for Cyber Security Research & Innovation.

“From government, large to small organisations to individual citizens. No one will be immune. This is the new normal.”

The federal government has introduced measures to reduce the likelihood of personal data being exposed, exemplified by the recent Prime Minister Cyber Security Roundtable and the release of the 2023-2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy discussion paper.

“The government is using Optus and Medibank Private hacks as a rationale to review the existing cybersecurity situation in Australia,” Warren says.

What’s changed since these hacks is the awareness of risk. This has caused a realisation within public and private organisations that they need better practices to reduce their vulnerability.

This includes better data governance standards.

Good data governance and sovereignty practices

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