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When it comes to mitigating cyber security incidents, there is no single step that organisations can take that will guarantee the safety of their data or system performance. The Australian Cyber Security Centre has recommended eight mitigation strategies that organisation should implement as a baseline defence against targeted cyber intrusions, ransomware and malicious insiders. These strategies are known as the ‘Essential Eight’.

Published in the Holman Webb Health Law Bulletin, June 2018 edition.

First published in Governance Directions, the official journal of Governance Institute and updated for the Health Law Bulletin June 2018 edition.

Published in the Health Law Bulletin June 2018 edition.

Published in the Health Law Bulletin June 2018 edition.

This Health Law Bulletin discusses issues such as:

• Corporate and Clinical Governance for the health and aged care sectors;
• Aged care quality reforms;
• Exclusion zones for reproductive health facilities;
• Recent cases such as Sparks v Hobson, Gray v Hobson [2018] NSWCA 29; and
• Updates to the National police check application process.

On the 25^th May 2018 the EU introduced a unified regulation to deal with the protection of data. This regulation is known as the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).

Mandatory data breach notification under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), applies to the Commonwealth public sector and the private sector including organisations which hold health information and provide a health service (which is broadly defined). The mandatory breach notification requirements commenced on 22 February 2018.

The NSW Court of Appeal has recently had occasion to apply the Stealth Enterprises v Calliden decision.