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A security expert is warning privacy officers to expect inevitable changes to their role during the next 18-24 months, when the federal Privacy Act reforms pass. When facing up to a data breach, first contain it then evaluate the associated risk, says the Office of the Privacy Commissioner which released a new guide on handling breaches, today. The introduction of mandatory data breach disclosure laws in Australia has been set in motion. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has launched a consultation on its new framework code of practice for sharing personal information. A data breach notification guideline to assist businesses and government agencies in the case of a significant data breach is currently in development, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) has announced. New privacy laws have spread across the US and could be enforced in Australia A flaw in Kaspersky's Online Scanner could be exploited by malicious hackers to compromise a user's system. The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has set out security requirements for automated control systems, principally in the power industry, to protect installations against physical and cyber-attacks. Local authorities in the UK are leaving people open to identity theft, according to anti-fraud watchdog, CIFAS. Petrol firm Shell has suspended Chip-and-Pin payments in its U.K. petrol stations after more than £1 million ($1.45 million) was stolen from customer accounts. Eight people have been arrested in connection with the fraud. Hosted services are gaining in popularity. But should you put your faith in the people who offer IT security? Robert Jaques reports The UK’s main law against IT criminals, the Computer Misuse Act, is 16 years old this year. The Act has received plenty of criticism, and led to only a few prosecutions, but recent interpretations and proposed changes are worrying. A “distinct lack of leadership” on mobile security is leaving U.K. businesses open to potentially devastating levels of risk, new research has warned. In 2006, chief security officers will have to battle ever more sophisticated viruses engineered to target applications such as instant messenging and text messaging, a new report produced jointly be the Department of Homeland Security and National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) has warned. Good intelligence is the key to defeating cybercrime, Sharon Lemon, new head of the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit, tells René Millman. But that will only happen when there is a true partnership between UK plc and the police U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has finalized a draft version of federal government computer security. IT security pressure group the Jericho Forum has finally published the white paper outlining its vision for open, secure networks. More than half of British companies rate IT and network safety as their biggest security concern, a MORI survey has revealed. The survey of 100 companies, commissioned by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and IT services company Qinetiq, also found that 78 per cent have conducted a strategic overhaul of security in the last two years. NetScreen (now part of Juniper Networks) sent us the IDP 1000 to review.