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Welcome to Cross Examining Cyber, a podcast brought to you by Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer. In this podcast, we look to speak to individuals across the industry who are at the coalface of our cyber incident response.

After our brief hiatus, we are back with our Cross-Examining Cyber Director Series. In this series, we sit down with some of Australia's leading directors to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing boards in an increasingly complex cyber landscape.

From 20 October 2026, a new Fair Work Commission (FWC) Guidance Note will address the growing use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in proceedings. It comes as a self-represented litigant credits an ‘AI legal team’ with helping him secure a landmark FWC win.

The Australian Government has released a consultation paper proposing national mandatory minimum standards for data centres (Consultation Paper), as part of its broader AI standards initiative.

We conducted a survey of legal leaders across various sectors across Australia, seeking their perspective on their organisation's approach to cyber risk.

Data centres face escalating cyber threats from malicious actors targeting their vast computing resources, sensitive data repositories, and critical infrastructure systems. Beyond direct server attacks, threat actors can compromise supporting systems like cooling and security, while physical breaches pose additional risks to digital service continuity. A single successful attack can cascade across multiple customers worldwide, triggering complex regulatory obligations and potential legal actions that contra