OAIC's New Notifiable Data Breach Statistics Dashboard Launched
The NDB dashboard aims at improving public access to data reported under the NDB scheme and offering valuable insights for organisations across all sectors.
The interactive dashboard allows users to explore the volume, causes and sectoral trends of data breaches, including which sectors report the most breaches, the proportion caused by cyber security incidents, the most common breach types, and how long organisations take to notify incidents. The aim is to help organisations better understand emerging risks and strengthen their own data breach response and reporting practices.
Privacy Commissioner Carly Kind said the dashboard is designed to help reporting entities learn from the experiences of others. By sharing this information publicly, the OAIC hopes organisations will use the insights to improve preparedness, response capability and compliance if a data breach occurs.
The current dashboard data covers January to June 2025, during which the OAIC was notified of 532 data breaches, representing a 10 per cent decrease compared with the previous six-month period. Despite the overall reduction, malicious or criminal attacks remained the leading cause, accounting for 59 per cent of notifications. The health sector reported the highest number of breaches (18 per cent), followed by the finance sector (14 per cent) and Australian Government agencies (13 per cent).
Members are encouraged to explore the dashboard on the OAIC website and consider how these trends may inform their organisation’s privacy, security and information governance practices.