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I’ve written before about COVID contact tracing apps and the need for robust privacy by design, supported by sufficient transparency and scrutiny.

Corporate governance has been a hot topic of discussion in Australia for many years – spearheaded by Royal Commissions, drilled home by corporate law changes to charge company directors with more responsibilities, and demanded by consumers and shareholders holding companies to a higher standard of behaviour and transparency.

Last month, the Government released its implementation roadmap accepting all 76 of the Royal Commission’s recommendations plus committing to an additional 18 actions.

Cybercrime does not discriminate by business size or industry. For a hacker to realise their ultimate goal – whether that be making money, stealing infrastructure, leveraging data to steal assets or boosting their ego – they want to find the easiest targets quickly.

While GDPR will impact a broad range of companies, technology companies will face some unique challenges. Tech companies access huge amounts of data from a variety of sources and therefore face significant data inventory challenges.

‘Culture eats strategy’ has become accepted business wisdom. But is it possible for dynamic companies to maintain their unique culture and appeal as they expand and avoid the growing pains that affect so many firms?