InfoGovANZ is a community of international professionals across the data and information sphere - Data Privacy, AI and Ethics, Cyber and Information Security, eDiscovery, ESG, Data and Infonomics, FOI, Information Governance, Legal, Records Management, Risk and Compliance - with a multi-disciplinary focus to collaborate and share best practices and promote global information governance innovation.
Information Governance is the policies, procedures, technologies and culture that organisations build to maximise the value of information while minimising associated risks and costs – see more in our InfoGovANZ IG Industry Report
Upcoming Events and Workshops
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Information and Data Lifecycle Workshop
AUD $595.00 + gstThursday, 26 September 2024, 10am – 1pm AEDT
Knowing what data and personal information your organisation is collecting, where it is stored, how it is secured and protected, and that it is disposed of when no longer required for regulatory or business purposes, are ongoing challenges for organisations. This workshop will help you deliver a better understanding of the value of an effective data and information lifecycle strategy, its key components and how to work with internal stakeholders to implement or improve information lifecycle management in your own organisation.
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IG Innovation Navigation – Meet Up: Australia’s Privacy Bill
AUD $40.00 + gstWednesday, 23 Oct 2024, 12pm-1pm AEST
Join us for our next IG Innovation Navigation Meet Up, where we will discuss Australia’s Privacy Bill tabled in Parliament on 12 September 2024.
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AI and IG: How to Prepare for AI Regulation
ComplimentaryMonday, 11 November 2024, 12:30pm -2pm AEDT
This Roundtable event features special guest, Professor Brian Ray, Director, Centre for Cybersecurity and Privacy Protection
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Cleveland State University to discuss the importance of information governance in preparing for AI regulations and complying with AI Standards. -
IG Innovation Navigation – Meet Up: Australia’s AI Safety Standard
AUD $40.00 + gstWednesday, 20 Nov 2024, 12pm-1pm AEST
Join us for our upcoming Meet Up to discuss Australia’s new AI Safety Standard designed to help organisations develop and deploy AI systems in Australia safely and reliably.
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Latest News
Privacy Bill tabled in Parliament
On 12 September 2024, the Attorney-General, the Hon Mark Dreyfus KC tabled the long-awaited Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 (the Bill). This would enact the first tranche of reforms to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act) and implement 23 of the 25 proposals the Government agreed to in its September […]
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Australia’s new AI Safety Standard
On 5 September 2024, Australia’s Department of Industry, Science and Resources published a voluntary AI Safety Standard to provide practical guidance to help organisations develop and deploy AI systems in Australia safely and reliably. The publication sets out 10 voluntary AI guardrails and how to use them. Definitions, links to […]
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Mandatory Guardrails for High-Risk AI
Along with the AI Safety Standard, the Australian Government released on 5 September 2024, a new proposals paper with options for mandating guardrails for the development and deployment of AI in high-risk settings in Australia. The proposal paper includes: Proposed principles for defining high-risk AI. 10 proposed mandatory guardrails. Regulatory options […]
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Europe’s AI Treaty signed by UK and US
On 5 September 2024, the Council of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law (CETS No.225) (‘the treaty’) was signed by the UK, US, the EU, Andorra, Georgia, Iceland, Israel, Norway, the Republic of Moldova and San Marino. The treaty aims to ensure that […]
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Policy for the Responsible Use of AI in Australian Government Agencies
The Policy for the responsible use of AI in Government Agencies comes into force on 1 September 2024. Departments and agencies must meet the mandatory requirements for accountable official(s) by 30 November 2024 and transparency statements by 28 February 2025. The policy aims to create a coordinated approach to government use of AI and has been designed […]
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Australian Cybersecurity Resources
The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) has developed prioritised mitigation strategies to help organisations mitigate cyber security incidents caused by various cyber threats. These can be used by any organisation and can be accessed here – Strategies to Mitigate Cyber Security Incidents. This is supported by the Strategies to Mitigate Cyber Security […]
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Recent Resources
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Data Minimisation: Reducing Data Privacy Risks – Webinar Recording
Learn more about why data minimisation is key to reducing data privacy risks and how to embed data minimisation in your organisation.
This virtual webinar covers:
- High-profile data breaches, over-retention of data, and global regulatory trends
- What are the current and foreshadowed regulatory requirements under the Privacy Act 1998 (Cth) for personal information to be minimised?
- Best practice for record retention policies and embedding data disposal.
- Why information lifecycle management is key to enabling robust information governance?
- How data minimisation can improve response times for privacy requests and FOI requests?
- And finally, how can data minimisation help support AI initiatives?
Cyber Technologies and Infrastructure Security: the next 10 years – Webinar Recording
This webinar covers:
- How the current cyber technologies will rapidly evolve and how organisation technology platforms will look in 10 years;
- The role and use of quantum computing and emerging technologies in improving security and resilience;
- Why human-centric security is crucial to building cyber resilience and protecting infrastructure
Navigating Disruption: Outlook and Solution – Webinar Recording
Watch this recording for an insightful webinar where we delve into current trends, sentiments, and challenges organisations face in building their resilience.
- Key Trends and Takeaways: Explore the critical trends, from ESG risks to cyber threats, emphasising their impact on reputation and compliance costs.
- Board’s Role in Building Resilience: Understand the pivotal role of the Board in building a resilience culture and debunk misconceptions about cybersecurity.
- Practical Strategies for Integration: Discover practical strategies to seamlessly integrate resilience into the risk management framework and explore the importance of accurate data for ESG success.
The central problem for humanity in the 21st century is how we can nurture sufficient legitimate political power and wisdom, adequate technical mastery, and robust norms to constrain technologies to ensure they continue to do far more good than harm. How in other words, we can contain the seemingly uncontainable.
We don't need to totally reinvent the institutional wheel, creating more opportunities for rivalry and grandstanding. We just should find every means possible of improving it - and fast.
The common thread here is governance: of software systems of microchips, of businesses and research institutes, of countries, and of the international community. At each level is a thicket of incentives, sunk costs, institutional inertia, conflicting fiefdoms and worldviews that must be cut through. Make no mistake. Ethics, safety, containment - these will be products of good governance above all. But good governance doesn't just come from well-defined rules and effective institutional frameworks. ... [it] needs to ensure there is a self-critical culture that actively wants to implement them.
- Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of DeepMind and Inflection AI, in The Coming Wave
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