Tag: audit

NSW unis overlook national cyber laws

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
NSW universities overlooked federal laws designed to help protect critical infrastructure assets from cyber incidents in their first full year of operation by failing to identify critical systems and...

SA schools system upgrade blows out by $47m

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The state-wide rollout of South Australia’s school management system has blown out by $47 million and is set to climb higher as the government re-doubles efforts on a rollout...

NSW govt ‘crown jewel’ left open to hackers

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The New South Wales government’s 30-year old core licensing technology is exposed to cyber-attacks that could impact 140 other organisations, but the state auditor could find no evidence that...

Parliament’s expenses system undercooked and overbudget

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Federal Parliament’s troubled expense management software upgrade suffered from a lack of user planning and governance gaps, according to an audit that confirms the unfinished project’s budget and timeline...

Audit office to review govt tech misfires

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Two of the federal government’s most high-profile technology misfires of the past year, Defence’s myClearance vetting system and Parliament’s expenses management system, are to be examined by the Australia’s...

Permissions capability platform tender gets an ANAO thumping

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Department of Home Affairs “departed” from its initial tender requirements in awarding Accenture the contract for the permission capability platform, according to an audit which calls into question...