regulation - News, Features, and Slideshows

• Investing in compliance is an investment in innovation

  The Westpac crisis - and echoes of non-compliance in financial institutions prior - is rooted in a legacy problem.

• CASA to kill ‘Can I fly there?’ drone app, offer API

  ​The Civil Aviation Safety Authority is decommissioning its ‘Can I Fly There?’ drone safety app after two years.

• Legal bot builder platform Josef raises $1M

  Legal tech startup Josef, which helps Community Legal Centres (CLCs), law firms and enterprises create bots to assist clients with legal problems, has raised more than $1 million in a seed funding round.

• Law Council: Turnover based fines for social media platforms sets ‘dangerous precedent’

  ​Government plans to fine social media companies up to 10 per cent of their annual turnover for failing to quickly remove violent material from their platforms sets a “dangerous precedent”, according to the president of the Law Council of Australia.

• Regtech ready to tackle Hayne's bigger BEAR, says RTA

  ​The Regtech Association (RTA) has welcomed the recommendations in the final report from the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry, saying the changes represent a huge opportunity for the sector.

• After Wheeler unveils proposal, what's next for net neutrality?

  A flurry of activity will follow the plan from U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler to reclassify broadband as a regulated public utility as the foundation for new net neutrality rules.

• Who wins the net neutrality debate? Google, of course

  In the debate over net neutrality, AT&T and Cisco are warning that fiber optic cable rollouts could be delayed -- and revenues lost -- if President Obama's recently proposed rules move ahead.

• Obama has big options for green card, H-1B reform without Congress

  With Congress refusing to move on immigration reform, President Barack Obama has options that could have broad impacts on immigration generally, and on the H-1B and green card visa systems in particular.

• Is EU's 'right to be forgotten' really the 'right to edit the truth'?

  With Europe's top court ordering Google to allow people to basically edit their online personal histories, some wonder what this will mean for finding the truth online.

• U.S. commercial drone industry struggles to take off

  The U.S. commercial drone industry is still struggling to get off the ground more than two years after President Obama signed into law a bill that permits the civilian use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) over the country's airspace.

Whitepapers about regulation

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  The Authentication Decision Tree

  With the number of new and emerging security products being denoted by analysts as the “silver bullet” solution, it is critical to recognize that there are many authentication choices available on the market. In this whitepaper, we look at what organisations must consider before making a final selection, specially their user authentication needs, the threats targeting their business, their business objectives and the regulatory guidelines that impact their industry.