Tag: cyber

NSW govt’s weird cyber problem

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A report from the NSW Auditor General found that a third of NSW government agencies had no cyber attacks at all in 2016-17, a result described as farcical by...

TAFE’s sign new cyber curriculum

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Educational organisations around the country have signed up to new national standards for cyber security training in an effort to address Australia’s “critical” skills gap. The guidelines ensure a...

Identity is the new perimeter

Posted on   |  by Andrew Ryan
The rise of bring-your-own-device (BYOD) and bring-your-own-app (BYOA) is causing a fundamental shift in the way we think about corporate security, said Gil Kirkpatrick, chief technical officer at identity...

Reskilling our future workforce

Posted on   |  by James Riley
There’s no argument that the world is in the middle of a major inflection point, as digital disruption changes industries, government and the way people work. However, as author...

Our massive cyber task ahead

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The launch of the National Cyber Security Strategy in 2016 was a positive step toward securing Australia, but there is still more do be done, according to Jeremy Hulse,...

Ted Pretty on our cyber future

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Ted Pretty has just completed his first acquisition since becoming chief executive officer at ASX-listed secure collaboration specialist Covata. The company announced a week ago that it had entered...

The fifth domain: Brown on Cyber

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Retired US Navy Rear-Admiral Mike Brown has spent a lot of time grappling with Cyber as the fifth domain of warfare, and as a pioneer in developing only operational...

Dodging bullet is not good enough

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The global cyber attack that hit more than 200,000 computers across 150 countries last weekend should serve as a wake-up call for the Australian businesses and government agencies that...

Census fires DTA cyber response

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The great eCensus fail of 2016 was the Turnbull government’s most publicly embarrassing cyber security stuff up and the Digital Transformation Agency scores extra funds from the 2017 budget...