[AusNOG] Mandatory data breach notification will become law in Australia

[Karl Auer]

On Tue, 2017-02-28 at 00:10 +1100, Paul Wilkins wrote:
> everyone knows that security on the internet is basically a broken
> concept, then we are measuring something that can't be changed, the
> rate of security breaches will only continue to rise

Security breaches don't depend on the Internet. You might as well say
that having public roads contributes to bank robberies.

We have learned how to act securely in the highly insecure environment
that the road system presents. We have armoured trucks, we have safety
features in cars, we have an extensive regulatory framework around it,
and we have a legal system that takes mistakes and infractions very
seriously.

By contrast, we have not yet learned to act securely in the Internet.
We wander around in the middle of the road carrying large sums of money
in transparent shopping bags, we drive deathtrap jalopies, and our
legal system has no interest in any of it unless (mysteriously)
genitalia are involved.

Regards, K.

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