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2020 cyber panel ‘does not reflect industry’

The federal government’s cybersecurity industry advisory panel is “incredibly out of balance with the reality” of the local sector, according to the founder of Forticode. There are growing concerns...

Adrian Turner on structural change

25 November 2019 | by James Riley

The Australian economy is at a “pivotal fork in the road” and the next three to five years will decide whether the nation is able to extract its share...

Mike Burgess offers new cyber era

22 August 2019 | by James Riley

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...

Qualified tick for Growth Centres

29 July 2019 | by Denham Sadler

The Industry Growth Centres are “generally on track,” but the government will struggle to measure their overall effectiveness, a long-awaited report has found. The federal government tasked Nous Group...

Encryption troubles will ‘normalise’

7 March 2019 | by Vitaly

It is a challenging time right now to be an Australian cyber security company following the passage of the controversial encryption legislation last year. The irony, according to AustCyber...

The future of the Growth Centres

18 February 2019 | by Vitaly

When the Industry Growth Centres initiative was launched by then Prime Minister Tony Abbott and his Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane in 2014, it was aimed at encouraging Australian business...

ASPI, AustCyber on encryption bill

15 January 2019 | by Vitaly

The recently-passed encryption bill had the potential to “harm the economic viability and growth of Australia’s cybersecurity sector” if a series of serious concerns were not addressed, a report...

AustCyber report on encryption bill

28 November 2018 | by Denham Sadler

A “myth-busting” report on the economic impact on the local cyber security industry of controversial proposed encryption laws is set to be released in the next week as the...

Cyber centres for Hobart, Darwin

17 May 2018 | by Vitaly

The Turnbull government’s slow off the blocks Joint Cyber Security Centre program will hoist its flag in Hobart and Darwin, as Federal cyber czar Alastair MacGibbon promised to ‘do...

Craig Davies departs AustCyber

4 April 2018 | by Vitaly

Just days before he was due to lead the largest ever delegation of Australian cybersecurity companies to the giant RSA Conference in San Francisco, AustCyber’s inaugural chief executive Craig...

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