APRA stories
AI, skills gaps, security and startups: Tech experts react to 24-25 fed budget
Thu, 16th May 2024
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data privacy
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ai
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investment
AI, cybersecurity, and tech skills dominate the 2024—25 Federal Budget, but experts say more support for startups is essential for long-term innovation.
Future-proofing financial services: The new era of AI-enhanced identity security
Wed, 15th May 2024
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digital transformation
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risk & compliance
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data privacy
AI-enhanced identity security is essential as 93% of financial services leaders grapple with data breaches. How can AI modernise and fortify their defences?.
Jo Mikleus joins Avenue Bank's board as independent director
Tue, 30th Apr 2024
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ai
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australian prudential regulation authority
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australian
Veteran businesswoman Jo Mikleus joins Avenue Bank, Australia’s pioneer of bank guarantees, as an independent, non-executive Board director, replacing Christian Bernecker.
Can misconceptions derail the effectiveness of operational resilience?
Mon, 15th Apr 2024
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data protection
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risk & compliance
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cybersecurity
Australian financial services firms brace for tighter compliance measures amid growing data breaches, focusing improvements to risk management and compliance strategies.
nib Group completes cloud migration with AWS in cloud-first strategy
Tue, 9th Apr 2024
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hyperscale
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public cloud
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ai
Insurance giant nib Group has successfully transferred over 95% of its on-premises workloads to Amazon Web Services’ cloud platform, marking a significant step in its cloud-first strategy.
Exclusive: How Aiven is helping businesses prepare for CPS 230
Wed, 20th Mar 2024
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ai
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risk & compliance
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data sovereignty
Aiven is providing innovative open-source data platform services to help businesses ready themselves for the impending enforcement of APRA's CPS 230 standard.
AppOmni expands to Sydney with new data centre amid rising APAC demand
Fri, 2nd Feb 2024
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public cloud
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hyperscale
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dc
SaaS security firm, AppOmni, addresses growing APAC demand for advanced security measures with a new Sydney data centre, hosted by Google Cloud Platform aiming to meet Australia's data sovereignty regulations.
Fortifai debuts to safeguard and audit AI technologies
Mon, 9th Oct 2023
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partner programmes
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blockchain
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transparency
Australian-based tech firm, Fortifai, enters market with focus on validating safety, alignment, and precision of AI outputs.
Cybersecurity: The big lessons from APRA’s stocktake
Mon, 9th Oct 2023
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risk & compliance
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cybersecurity
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incident response
Almost a quarter of regulated entities in Australia have taken part in the first tranche of APRA’s tripartite cyber assessment.
Heritage Bank appoints Mikhail Lopushanski as chief information security officer
Fri, 22nd Jul 2022
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cybersecurity
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risk & compliance
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banking industry
Heritage Bank appoints Mikhail Lopushanski, former chief security officer at Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, as CISO to boost data security.