Dozens more critical infrastructure assets considered the most susceptible to attack from malicious cyber actors have been declared nationally significant by the Albanese government, including at least one data...
The federal government has introduced new rules requiring 100 of its largest agencies to appoint chief information security officers, boosting cyber security leadership in Canberra at a time of...
Air Force Commander Darren Goldie will lead the federal government’s cybersecurity incident response efforts as its inaugural national cybersecurity coordinator. Air Vice-Marshall Goldie will take up the role leading...
The Department of Home Affairs has paid consulting giant McKinsey more than twice what it originally planned for work on the upcoming national cyber strategy, topping up its contract...
A fast-tracked pathway for specialised, highly-skilled workers will be considered by the Albanese government as part of its simplification of the temporary skilled migration system after a review warned...
A bug bounty program for security researchers and other crowdsourcing “incentives” aimed at identifying potential vulnerabilities in federal government systems are being considered to boost the cyber posture of...
The whole-of-government permissions capability platform devised by consultants and built by external contractors has been scrapped after the government sunk at least two years and $16.5 million into the...
Australia’s international and domestic cyber strategies will be integrated in the upcoming national strategy, with a renewed cyber diplomacy push seeking to make Australia the “partner of choice” for...
The national office being stood up by the federal government to coordinate its cyber security efforts and respond to incidents will operate without any additional funding initially, the Department...
Australia’s two most high profile cyber incidents that exposed millions of people’s personal information are only the “tip of the iceberg”, Cybersecurity minister Clare O’Neil said on Tuesday, warning...