APRA’s CPS 230 Deadline Just Passed — Why Your Business Could Now Be a Bank’s ‘Material Service Provider’

APRA's CPS 230 material service provider deadline passed on 1 July 2026. If your business supplies a bank, insurer or super fund,

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The ASD Is Retiring the Essential Eight — What Australian Businesses Should Do in the Next 12 Months

ASD will retire the Essential Eight within about two years, replacing it with the Essentials series. Your tooling investment carries forward —

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Microsoft Is Switching Off Basic Auth for Scan-to-Email in December — What Australian Businesses Must Fix Now

From late December 2026 Microsoft disables SMTP basic authentication in Microsoft 365, which quietly breaks scan-to-email and apps that send mail. Here

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Ransomware Hit 1 in 3 Australian Organisations Last Year — and a Quarter of Staff Won’t Report Their Mistakes

New RSM Australia research shows 35% of organisations faced ransomware last year while 97% remain confident their data is safe — and

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Attackers Are Spoofing Your Own Staff Through Microsoft 365 Direct Send — What Australian Businesses Should Do Now

Attackers are using a little-known Microsoft 365 feature called Direct Send to spoof your own staff and trigger invoice and payroll fraud.

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ASD Is Retiring the Essential Eight: What the New Essentials Framework Means for Australian Businesses

ASD will retire the Essential Eight within two years and replace it with a new framework called Essentials. Here is what Australian

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Tax-Time Scams Are Surging Before EOFY — What Australian Businesses Should Do Before 30 June

Tax-time scams targeting Australian businesses spike around 30 June, and one redirected payment now averages more than $97,000. Here's what to check

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Windows 10, Eight Months On: ESU Costs, Secure Boot Expiry, and What Australian Businesses Should Do Now

Windows 10 is eight months past end of support, ESU prices double from October, and the Secure Boot certificates that protect startup

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Microsoft Switches Off Basic Auth for Email in December — What Australian Businesses Must Fix So Their Scanners and Apps Keep Sending

From the end of December 2026, Microsoft turns off Basic authentication for sending email through Microsoft 365. Here's what quietly breaks —

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Australia’s New Automated Decision-Making Privacy Rules Start 10 December — What Businesses Using AI Must Do Now

From 10 December 2026, any Australian business that uses AI or automated systems to make decisions about people must spell it out

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APRA’s CPS 230 Deadline Just Passed — Why Your Business Could Now Be a Bank’s ‘Material Service Provider’

The ASD Is Retiring the Essential Eight — What Australian Businesses Should Do in the Next 12 Months

Microsoft Is Switching Off Basic Auth for Scan-to-Email in December — What Australian Businesses Must Fix Now

Ransomware Hit 1 in 3 Australian Organisations Last Year — and a Quarter of Staff Won’t Report Their Mistakes

Attackers Are Spoofing Your Own Staff Through Microsoft 365 Direct Send — What Australian Businesses Should Do Now

ASD Is Retiring the Essential Eight: What the New Essentials Framework Means for Australian Businesses

Tax-Time Scams Are Surging Before EOFY — What Australian Businesses Should Do Before 30 June

Windows 10, Eight Months On: ESU Costs, Secure Boot Expiry, and What Australian Businesses Should Do Now

Microsoft Switches Off Basic Auth for Email in December — What Australian Businesses Must Fix So Their Scanners and Apps Keep Sending

Australia’s New Automated Decision-Making Privacy Rules Start 10 December — What Businesses Using AI Must Do Now

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