There is a central imperative in cybersecurity that is all about the immediate – to detect and respond to cyber threats as they emerge, very often in real time....
A ransomware taskforce representing 37 likeminded governments and chaired by Australia on Monday commenced operation, aiming to improve global cooperation on disrupting the lucrative cyber crime. Agreed to in...
Nearly 90 per cent of Australian government entities still aren’t implementing basic cyber resilience protections despite a growing risk, an annual assessment of Commonwealth cyber posture released on Friday...
Australia will be “the world’s most cyber-secure country by 2030” under an ambitious new plan outlined by Cyber minister Clare O’Neil in Canberra on Thursday. It includes an entirely...
The federal government will consider making it illegal to pay the ransom demands of cyber criminals as part of its review of the 2020 national cybersecurity strategy. Home Affairs...
All three federal ministers responsible for digital and cybersecurity will take part in the first inter-jurisdictional meeting of digital ministers to occur since the formation of the new Albanese...
An emergency management tool developed to respond to the Covid pandemic has been activated by the federal government to deal with the escalating Medibank cyber-attack. Medibank on Tuesday revealed...
The federal government is working through whether new Medicare numbers will be given to victims of the Optus breach after it emerged the telco failed to notify that the...
Home Affairs minister Clare O’Neil has flagged significant reforms to the cybersecurity requirements imposed on businesses following the Optus data breach that saw the personal data of 9.8 million...
The federal government has committed to opening 6,800 extra permanent migration places for workers in the tech sector among a spate of other announcements made on the final day...
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