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ARTICLE · 09 MARCH 2026

Cyber Security: A Month In Retrospect (Australia) – February 2026

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The cyber and data security landscape continues to evolve at pace. It can be challenging to keep up, so we have collated our "top 10" cyber stories from the last month, so you don't have to.

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Merryn Quayle
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The cyber and data security landscape continues to evolve at pace. It can be challenging to keep up, so we have collated our "top 10" cyber stories from the last month, so you don't have to. We are also releasing Part 2 our latest Cross Examining Cyber podcast – the cross examination of the former head of the UK Cyber Security Centre, Professor Ciaran Martin CB.

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New Podcast: Cross Examining Ciaran Martin (Part 2)

What makes a great lawyer in a cyber incident response? This is a key question that we explore during part 2 of our podcast with Professor Ciaran Martin, a world leading cyber thought leader.

The questions challenged Ciaran but he answered it succinctly as "one do and one don't". The best incident leaders loosen control (the "do"), rather than tighten it (the "don't"). A damaging instinct in a crisis (often driven by impractical lawyering) is locking everything down and keeping help out for fear of liability. In practice, faster recovery usually

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