Business to get cyber ‘safe harbour’ protections

New laws will mean companies cannot be punished based on data they share with authorities while trying to recover from cyberattacks.

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Copy link Copied Copy link Copied Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Already a subscriber? Login Businesses will be able to share private details with the government’s cybersecurity agencies to help fight back in the immediate aftermath of a hack, without the information being used against them in future investigations and damages claims, under laws to be introduced before the end of the year. A suite of measures will be introduced by Home Affairs and Cyber Security Minister Tony Burke in a new Cyber Act later this year, after his predecessor Clare O’Neil unveiled a national cyber strategy at the end of last year .

He will reveal a number of them in a speech at the second annual The Australian Financial Review Cyber Summit in Sydney on Tuesday. Copy link Copied Copy link Copied Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Already a subscriber? Login Introducing your Newsfeed Follow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.



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