Some people working for the NSW government apparently need reminding that it's Cyber Security Awareness Month, with a spokesperson for the NSW Reconstruction Authority saying this morning that the organisation is aware of a data breach involving personal information belonging to some people who applied for the Northern Rivers Resilient Homes Program (RHP).

From staying in touch with loved ones to accessing personal information, many aspects of daily lives are impacted by digital technology, which makes staying safe online more important than ever.

Last week the world had a taste of the kind of chaos which was predicted, but failed to eventuate, 24 years ago. This time the millennium bug couldn't be blamed. Instead, a tiny human coding error temporarily paralysed banks, airports, media outlets and other organisations around the planet, connected by the cloud of data that binds us all.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott will chair a meeting of CEOs from businesses around Australia as part of the government’s cyber security review.