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Govt pursuing cyber safe harbour to spur data sharing

Safe harbour laws that temporarily shield companies from liability during a cyber-attack will be pursed by the federal government in a bid to improve information sharing with Australia’s cyber...

Consultants land $70m for REDSPICE ramp-up

14 August 2023 | by Justin Hendry

Three consulting firms will rake in close to $70 million over the next three years to help Australia’s cyber spy agency expand beyond Canberra and add almost 2000 staff...

Security clearance issues threaten ASD’s REDSPICE workforce boost

31 May 2023 | by Justin Hendry

A security clearance backlog created by the federal government’s new vetting platform is jeopardising the ability of Australia’s cyber spy agency to secure the hundreds of new staff it...

Accenture lands $14m to prep Defence for ‘secret’ cloud

17 March 2023 | by Justin Hendry

Defence will pay Accenture more than $14 million over the next year to stand up a cloud capability that will provide the guardrails for multi-vendor hosting, as the department...

ASD backs safe harbour for industry-govt data sharing under ‘duress’

9 November 2022 | by Justin Hendry

Australian Signals Directorate director-general Rachel Noble has backed calls for legal protections for companies that share information with the national cybersecurity agency while responding to a cyber-attack. With recent...

Ransomware still Australia’s ‘most destructive cybercrime threat’

4 November 2022 | by Justin Hendry

Ransomware remains the “most destructive cybercrime threat” facing Australia, according to the national cybersecurity agency, despite data showing a marginal drop in official reports from victims over the past...

ASD ‘very confident’ it can fill 1900 new REDSPICE roles

7 April 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

Australia’s signals intelligence agency is “very confident” it can fill 1900 new cyber roles after receiving a $10 billion budget boost, despite losing around one in ten of its...

Anthony Albanese: All quiet on the cyber front

31 March 2022 | by James Riley

You can only guess that Josh Frydenberg’s commitment of $9.9 billion to the Australian Signals Directorate for a cyber defensive and offensive capability uplift caught Labor by surprise. Because...

Budget Insider: The volume gets turned up on innovation policy

31 March 2022 | by Brandon How

In the shadow of an imminent election, this year’s federal budget included some welcome investments for Australian innovation ecosystem, but didn’t go far enough, according to a panel of...

Josh Frydenberg’s swag of unexpected budget treasures

29 March 2022 | by James Riley

The tech industry had few expectations of Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s pre-election budget. With just weeks to go before heading to the polls, we have clearly moved on from pandemic-related...

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Govt pursuing cyber safe harbour to spur data sharing

Consultants land $70m for REDSPICE ramp-up

Security clearance issues threaten ASD’s REDSPICE workforce boost

ASD backs safe harbour for industry-govt data sharing under ‘duress’

Ransomware still Australia’s ‘most destructive cybercrime threat’

ASD ‘very confident’ it can fill 1900 new REDSPICE roles

Anthony Albanese: All quiet on the cyber front

Budget Insider: The volume gets turned up on innovation policy

Josh Frydenberg’s swag of unexpected budget treasures

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