20th August 2021, dawned a new era for China’s cybersecurity with the passing of China’s Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) which is the first comprehensive legal attempt to define personal information and regulate its storing, transferring, and processing.

The Australian government is looking to pass the Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure) Bill 2020, an overhaul which is aimed to help Australian businesses fend off cyberattacks. The Bill expands the business sectors that were previously defined as critical infrastructure by adding, amongst others, Food and Grocery, Finance and Banking, Universities, Communications, Defense, Energy, and Transportation to the list.

The new Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL) expands cybersecurity duties imposed under the Personal Data Protection Interim Regulations (PDPIR) and the Essential Cybersecurity Controls (ECC).