IT Security Training Australia is an Australian training company specialising in professional privacy and information security training courses, with certified products from a number of global partners that we are qualified to deliver to the Australian market.

Background information on the Employee Record exemption from the Privacy Act
Some background information on the Employee Record exemption from the Privacy Act (which will continue to apply to private entities from March 2014) :Employee Record – Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) ExemptionThe Employee Record exemption from the Privacy Act is the one that most people find...

Merchants Fights Back – Counter Sues Against Payment of PCI DSS Penalties
For perhaps the first time, the enforceability of the fine system supporting the PCI DSS standard will be considered in the U.S. Case of Elavon Inc. v. Cisero’s Inc., 100500480, Utah Third Judicial District Court, Summit County (Park City). The owners of an Italian restaurant in Utah (...

Another Merchant Takes on PCI DSS
In March 2013, Genesco Inc. filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee against Visa seeking to recover $13.3 million in non-compliance fines and assessments that Visa had imposed on two acquiring banks, Wells Fargo and Fifth Third Financial, which processed...

Cloud Maturity Study Reveals the Top 10 Issues Eroding Cloud Confidence
Government Regulations, Exit Strategies, and International Data Privacy are Top ConcernsFindings from a joint Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and ISACA survey show that government regulations, exit strategies and international data privacy dominate the Top 10 areas where confidence...

The Woes of No IT Security Unemployment
The Woes of No IT Security UnemploymentFinding Skilled People Poses Dilemma for EmployersInteresting article from the U.S. where, although the employment of IT security professionals is at an all-time high, it isn't keeping pace with the demand for these skills in American businesses and...

First State Super in breach of Privacy Act
First State Super in breach of Privacy Act7 June 2012Some seven months after a highly publicised incident involving a flaw in First State Super’s members online application, the Australian Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim released the findings from its investigations – which found...
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