Australian Cyber Security Magazine: Industry Responds to Protective Security Policy Framework Directive

Governments can no longer treat machine-speed cyber-attacks as a future scenario because – as the recent Medicare breach showed – the future is here.

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OpenAI agents “infiltrated” the Government websites in Australia when tasked with relatively mundane research, in what is being noted as one of the first incidents of its kind.

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and if the last twelve months have proven anything, it’s that the threat landscape isn’t slowing down to observe it. From AI-powered phishing campaigns and deepfake-driven social engineering to the steady drumbeat of ransomware attacks hitting hospitals, schools, and municipalities, security teams have had precious little downtime in 2026. This annual observance, now in its third decade, remains one of the industry’s best excuses to pause, take stock, and ask: are we actually getting safer, or just busier?