Regulators say laws ensuring businesses share information with government agencies when responding to a cyberattack will not provide broad immunity to directors or executives who fail to prepare in the months or years leading up to the hack.
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said new cybersecurity laws would include limited use provisions that let organisations share information with government cyber agencies without the fear that information would be used in regulatory action against them.
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Tess Bennett is a technology reporter with The Australian Financial Review, based in the Brisbane newsroom. She was previously the work & careers reporter. Connect with Tess on Twitter. Email Tess at tess.bennett@afr.com
