Tag: Cyber Security Strategy

Businesses face cyber ransom reporting scheme

The Albanese government will introduce a mandatory ransomware reporting scheme for businesses as part of its update to the national cybersecurity strategy, ruling out an outright ban on the payment of ransom demands. Cybersecurity minister Clare O’Neil unveiled the proposed notification scheme on Monday, as one of the country’s...

Catalysing a new era of an Australian tech policy

Posted on   |  by Professor Johanna Weaver
If the Albanese government is serious about shaping a better future for Australia, it must prioritise coordination when developing its tech-related nation-building policy initiatives. Historians could look back at...

Govt launches $26.5m cyber skills grant program

Posted on   |  by catherine@innovationaus.com
Grants of up to $3 million are on offer for cybersecurity training programs as part of a $26.5 million national cybersecurity strategy initiative officially launched by the federal government...

AFP muscles up on cybercrime response

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Australian Federal Police has made cybercrime a central priority for 2020 and beyond, ratcheting up cybercrime operations as the force confronts COVID-themed cyberattacks, as well as an increase...

Mandatory cyber standards for private sector

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
There are concerns the government’s rumoured plans to mandate cybersecurity standards in the private sector could lead to SMEs being punished and difficulties around enforcement. Cybersecurity experts and the...

Cyber defences: What happens next

Posted on   |  by James Riley
In the most significant speech of his political career, Angus Taylor has outlined a fundamental re-making of Australia’s cyber security strategy through the creation of a ‘cyber defence network’...

PM plots refresh for cyber strategy

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Just 14 months after the launch of the Australian Government’s Cyber Security Strategy, the Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has begun a process of refreshing the plan, and has looked...