Tag: cyber security

The winds of change: Global tech must embrace data localisation

Posted on   |  by Jason Duerden
As cybercrime surges across the public and private sectors, global tech companies are being challenged to tighten data localisation and data sovereignty capability while supporting the federal government’s vision...

No new funding for national cybersecurity office

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
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...

Cyber crises to get disaster status in WA

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Significant cyber-attacks could soon join fires, floods and tsunamis on the list of recognised disasters in Western Australia, with the state government now working to develop a specific emergency...

Emergency powers activated to respond to Medibank hack

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
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 case for an Australian Cyber Security Act

Posted on   |  by Francis Galbally
Australia requires a specific federal Cyber Security Act. It’s too easy to square the blame entirely on the Optus and Medibank data breaches when what these attacks expose is...

Vic govt to contract out cyber incident response services

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Victorian government is set to contract out the cyber incident response services that are offered to agencies and local councils that fall victim to cyber-attacks in a bid...