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AI Security forAustralian Enterprises

Protect your organisation from Shadow AI, prompt injection, and AI data leakage. Built for Australian regulatory requirements, APRA, Privacy Act, and the AI Safety Standard.

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APRA
CPS 234 aligned
Privacy Act
ADM ready

3 AI Threats Facing Australian Organisations

As AI adoption accelerates, these three threats are creating compliance and security gaps that traditional controls can't address.

Shadow AI

Employees across Australian organisations are using AI tools without IT approval, ChatGPT, AI coding assistants, generative AI in productivity apps. Every unsanctioned interaction is an untracked data flow and a potential compliance breach.

Undetected Shadow AI usage exposes sensitive data and creates gaps in APRA CPS 234 compliance.

AI Data Leakage

Customer PII, financial records, legal documents, and source code are being pasted into AI prompts daily. Under the Australian Privacy Act and Notifiable Data Breaches scheme, this exposure carries significant regulatory consequences.

A single prompt containing customer data can trigger NDB reporting obligations and reputational damage.

AI Agent Risks

Autonomous AI agents that browse the web, write and execute code, and take actions on behalf of users introduce a new class of risk. Prompt injection attacks, data exfiltration, and uncontrolled actions are emerging threat vectors with no traditional security controls in place.

Agentic AI bypasses traditional DLP and security controls, new governance layers are required.

Australian AI Regulatory Requirements

Australia's AI regulatory landscape is evolving rapidly. Here's what your organisation needs to address in 2026.

APRA CPS 234Financial Services

Information Security

APRA-regulated entities, banks, insurers, superannuation funds, must maintain information security capabilities proportionate to AI-related threats. AI tools introduce new attack surfaces and data exposure risks that CPS 234 compliance programs must address.

Privacy Act 1988All Organisations

ADM Requirements (Dec 2026)

Amendments expected in late 2026 introduce automated decision-making (ADM) transparency obligations. Organisations must disclose AI use in decisions affecting individuals, provide explanations, and maintain governance documentation, directly impacting how AI is deployed and monitored.

AU AI Safety StandardGovernment & Enterprise

10 Guardrails for Responsible AI

The Australian Government's Voluntary AI Safety Standard establishes 10 guardrails covering accountability, transparency, human oversight, and safety testing. Increasingly referenced by regulators and procurement, early adoption positions organisations as AI governance leaders.

How Aona AI Protects Australian Enterprises

Purpose-built AI security that addresses the specific challenges of Australian regulatory compliance.

01

Discover Every AI Tool in Use

Get a complete, real-time inventory of every AI tool used across your Australian organisation, sanctioned and unsanctioned. Aona detects Shadow AI across browsers, endpoints, and APIs within minutes of deployment.

Full AI visibility in under 5 minutes
02

Enforce Data Protection Policies

Apply AI-native DLP controls that understand context. Prevent customer PII, financial data, and confidential IP from leaking into AI tools. Policies enforce automatically, no manual intervention required.

Protect Privacy Act and NDB obligations automatically
03

Maintain Compliance Documentation

Generate board-ready compliance reports mapped to APRA CPS 234, the Privacy Act ADM requirements, and the AI Safety Standard. Audit trails capture every AI interaction for regulatory review.

One-click APRA and Privacy Act compliance reports
04

Enable AI Safely at Scale

Don't block AI, govern it. Aona gives your employees access to approved AI tools while protecting sensitive data and keeping your compliance program intact. Enable productivity without the risk.

3× faster AI adoption with 90% less compliance risk

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

What AI security regulations apply to Australian enterprises in 2026?
Australian enterprises in 2026 must navigate several AI and data security regulations: APRA CPS 234 (information security for regulated entities), the Privacy Act 1988 amendments taking effect in late 2026 introducing automated decision-making (ADM) transparency requirements, and the Australian Government's Voluntary AI Safety Standard with 10 guardrails for responsible AI use. Sector-specific obligations may also apply under ASIC, APRA, and the Therapeutic Goods Administration.
What is Shadow AI and why is it a risk for Australian businesses?
Shadow AI refers to employees using AI tools, such as ChatGPT, Claude, or AI coding assistants, without IT or security oversight. For Australian businesses, this creates risks including data leakage of customer PII (triggering Privacy Act obligations), exposure of commercially sensitive information, compliance gaps under APRA CPS 234, and potential breach of the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme. Aona AI provides continuous Shadow AI discovery to detect and govern all AI tool usage across your organisation.
How does Aona help with APRA CPS 234 AI compliance?
APRA CPS 234 requires APRA-regulated entities (banks, insurers, superannuation funds) to maintain information security capabilities commensurate with the size and extent of threats. Aona AI helps by providing full visibility into AI tool usage across the organisation, enforcing data classification policies to prevent sensitive data from entering unapproved AI services, maintaining detailed audit trails for regulatory review, and delivering board-ready compliance reports mapping AI usage against CPS 234 requirements.
What is the Australian Privacy Act automated decision-making requirement?
Amendments to the Privacy Act 1988 expected to take effect in late 2026 will introduce new transparency requirements for automated decision-making (ADM) that significantly impacts individuals. Organisations will need to disclose when AI is used to make decisions about individuals, provide explanations of how those decisions are reached, and implement governance frameworks to manage ADM risks. Aona AI supports these requirements through AI usage documentation, decision audit trails, and policy enforcement controls.
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