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DFAT cyber strategy delayed by ‘busy’ parliament

The government is still yet to publish Australia’s 2020 international cyber engagement strategy, four months past its scheduled release and three and a half years on from the inaugural...

NSW readies state overhaul of cyber defences

1 April 2021 | by Joseph Brookes

A NSW parliamentary inquiry has recommended an overhaul of the state government’s cybersecurity strategy and a review of its cyber policies in the wake of a serious data breach...

A cyber-savvy nation through reskilling

22 March 2021 | by Stuart Corner

So great is the shortage of cybersecurity skills in Australia that organisations have no hope of recruiting the people they need and must instead resort to casting a wider...

Govt fails to meet own cyber standards: ANAO

19 March 2021 | by Joseph Brookes

None of the government entities recently examined by an Australian National Audit Office review have fully implemented the mandatory cyber security risk mitigation strategies developed eight years ago to...

Ransomware report a ‘missed opportunity’: Watts

12 March 2021 | by Denham Sadler

A government advisory group’s report on ransomware calling on Australian businesses to implement basic cybersecurity practices to mitigate risks is a “missed opportunity”. The Cyber Security Strategy Industry Advisory...

Govt launches $26.5m cyber skills grant program

4 February 2021 | by Denham Sadler

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...

Calls for annual reviews of APS cyber resilience

16 December 2020 | by Denham Sadler

A government-led parliamentary committee has called for annual reviews to be conducted into the cyber resilience of Commonwealth entities with many departments and agencies still not having implemented baseline...

National interest plan could drive local cyber sector

9 December 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The launch of an Australian national interest strategy could help propel the growth of the local cybersecurity sector and assist the economic recovery from COVID-19, according to AustCyber chief...

Cybersecurity to make a return to cabinet

30 November 2020 | by Denham Sadler

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is set to bring cybersecurity back into Cabinet more than two years after he scrapped the ministerial position. In news handed to The Australian newspaper...

Govt struggle to build strong cyber practices

16 November 2020 | by Tony Kirkby

If you follow cybersecurity, you will know the news is rarely good, and that the digital environment is getting more challenging. Attack volumes have risen significantly since the onset...

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