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Mike Burgess offers new cyber era

Having the director-general of an intelligence agency sitting as a director on the board of Australia’s industry development organisation focused on cyber is either the best thing ever or...

Mike Burgess gets ASIO call-up

9 August 2019 | by James Riley

Less than two years ago, Mike Burgess was the chief information security officer within Australia’s largest telecommunications carrier Telstra. From the middle of next month he will become the...

Spooks form a view on TelcoLand

4 May 2018 | by James Riley

A decision whether Chinese telecommunication companies will be prevented from selling telecommunications equipment in the United States is expected soon. The Trump administration has considered using an executive order...

CyberCRC and the new ecosystem

19 April 2018 | by James Riley

It’s only two years since the federal government launched its cyber security strategy, but the nation’s former spy chief David Irvine says Australia is well on the way to...

Former spy boss seeks new agency

22 January 2018 | by James Riley

Former spy chief David Irvine says Australia’s capacity to counter threats and criminal activity using cyber investigative tools is “relatively weak” and has called for the creation of a...

Our massive cyber task ahead

18 October 2017 | by James Riley

The launch of the National Cyber Security Strategy in 2016 was a positive step toward securing Australia, but there is still more do be done, according to Jeremy Hulse,...

Ex-ASIO chief in Cyber CRC bid

30 May 2017 | by Stuart Kennedy

A prospective Co-operative Research Centre devoted to cyber security that boasts a former ASIO head as its chair will re-apply for funding at the end of May, hopeful that...

Turnbull, Obama lift cyber alliance

25 January 2016 | by Elaine McFadden

Australia has strengthened ties with the US on cyber security, another sign that analyst and vendor predictions citing cyber security as a big ticket item to watch in 2016, is on...