Tag: Australian Cyber Security Centre

Cyber safety program free for all Australians

Posted on   |  by Elise McDonald
Independent skills training provider Data Scouts will offer its ‘Cyber Safety Awareness’ remote working program free of charge to the public for the first time as part of its...

Govt seeks new cyber chief at ACSC

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government is on the hunt for the new head of the Australian Cyber Security Centre with its current boss set to lead the country’s spy agency from next...

Govt cyber is a ‘bewildering matrix’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government needs to better coordinate its “bewildering matrix” of cybersecurity policy and responsibilities and appoint a dedicated minister,  a number of submissions on the 2020 Cyber Security...

Industry welcomes new ACSC chief

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Cyber security professionals have welcomed the appointment of Rachel Noble to head the Australian Cyber Security Centre as a suitable replacement for the outgoing Alastair MacGibbon, who announced plans...

AWS heralds new Protected status

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It has been a long time coming, but global cloud giant Amazon Web Services has been granted ‘Protected’ certification by the Australian Cyber Security Centre, making it easier for...

ACSC shutters 2019 conference

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government’s Australian Cyber Security Centre has quietly shuttered the 2019 iteration of its annual conference leaving the security sector scrambling. The ACSC conference held annually in March/April...

Look beyond cyber audits: ASD

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Damning audits of government departments and agencies do not paint the full picture of the state of play in public sector cyber security, according to Australian Signals Directorate chief...

ASD confirms new cyber manual

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australian Signals Directorate chief Mike Burgess has confirmed a new draft of the Commonwealth’s Information Security Manual is being circulated across government under a new proposed title of Cyber...

Russia testing new cyber norms

Posted on   |  by James Riley
As Russia gets pinged throughout the western world for going rogue on cyber, Australia’s freshly minted Cyber Ambassador has called for greater international cooperation on punishing malicious cyber activity....