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Penrhos College has always been at the top of tech innovation in the education sector . It was one of the first schools to offer laptops to every single student , an initiative now followed across Australia . According to Mullally , though , the education sector overall is behind when it comes to regulations regarding information security and data protection . “ From my experience , other industries are very heavily regulated ,” he says . “ For finance industries you have to meet APRA ( Australian Prudential Regulation Authority )
regulations , and in the airport , you have very heavy regulation with CASA ( Civil Aviation Safety Authority ). In education , there is no governing body that tells you how to operate with regards to information security .” His solution to this has been to bring his knowledge of other industries into Penrhos , settling on the NIST ( National Institute of Standards and Technology ) standards and frameworks , making Penrhos a leader in the education sector by taking this kind of action .
During his time at the airport , there was a significant data breach . According to Mullally , “ there was an
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