Tag: cyber security

Facial recognition a political problem

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The federal opposition and Greens have backed a call from tech giant Microsoft for governments around the world to regulate the use of facial recognition technology. Microsoft president Brad...

AI and the new threat landscape

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The cyber security threat landscape is changing faster than businesses and their security teams can keep up. The challenge is compounded by the a genuine skills shortage when it...

Calls for threat intel platform

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Australia is progressing on its national cyber defence but what remains missing is a strong, threat intelligence sharing platform that rises above the informal sharing relationships that exist today....

Covata streamlines data management

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Where is our data and how is it managed? That’s the fundamental cyber question Australian boards and senior managers need to ask as the regulatory environment around data tightens...

Turnbull’s Euro cyber binge

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Euro-trotting Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has been busy on the cyber front, signing Australia up to NATO’s Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) as the nation joins in...

Cyber capability: It’s a problem

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s (ASPI) border program chief John Coyne has flagged grave concerns about the ability of the nation’s law enforcement to respond to threats that arrive...

ASD’s Burgess slams mandarins

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The new boss of the Australian Signals Directorate has come down hard on Federal agency chiefs who don’t put strong cyber risk management strategies in place. ASD director Mike...

Tobias Feakin, Cyber Ambassador

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It is one year since Australia appointed its first Ambassador for Cyber Affairs, and Dr Tobias Feakin – the former Head of the International Cyber Policy Centre at the...

National plan for cyber studies

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Nationwide TAFE cybersecurity qualifications have officially been launched in a “significant step forward” in combating the industry’s ever-growing skills gap. The National Cybersecurity TAFE Qualifications were launched by Minister...