Tag: Cybersecurity

NSW launches cyber strategy to fill industry gaps

Posted on   |  by James Riley
One year after the flagship NSW Government delivery site at Service NSW was breached, the state has unveiled a cybersecurity strategy that puts industry development and capability-building in cyber...

Govt unveils $1.2B digital package

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government will spend $500 million on “enhancing” myGov and My Health Record as part of a $1.2 billion funding package aiming to position digital at the centre...

What the EH Holden can teach us about cybersecurity

Posted on   |  by Brian Grant
The World Economic Forum recently pointed out that cyberattacks rank first among global human-caused risks and this year, it’s expected cybercrime will cost the world US $11.4 million each...

DFAT cyber strategy delayed by ‘busy’ parliament

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
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

Posted on   |  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

Posted on   |  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

Posted on   |  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

Posted on   |  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

Posted on   |  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...