News round-up Jan 2021 — SolarWinds hack, the need for robust external security assurance, and a community demand for privacy
12 January 2021
While the far-reaching consequences of the SolarWinds-FireEye-US Government hack are only just starting to be understood, a few stand-out lessons are emerging. In this round-up, we also observe oversight bodies in Australia starting to demand external assurance that organisations’ cyber security is robust. The rising swell from consumers demanding improvements in privacy protection also continues, with responses in kind by Apple, Microsoft, and the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC).