Tag: Cybersecurity

National interest plan could drive local cyber sector

Posted on   |  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

Posted on   |  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

Posted on   |  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...

Digital tech and Israeli water management

Posted on   |  by David McClure
Australia and Israel are at once similar and different in the way they handle water management, but as digitisation disrupts water technology both countries must make their water systems...

US election cyber attacks a warning for Aus

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Recent cyber attacks on the US election are a “salutary warning for Australia”, with the federal government “blind to the threat” of an attack on democratic institutions, shadow assistant...

Australians demand better privacy controls

Posted on   |  by Angelene Falk
As Australia prepares for a landmark review of the Privacy Act, a comprehensive survey of attitudes towards privacy reveals how Australians want their personal information to be protected now...

TechOne lifts feds with IRAP Protected status

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Iconic Australian software company TechnologyOne has earned a ‘Protected’ level security assessment through the Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) program, significantly raising the federal government cybersecurity posture at...

Time ripe for 5G sovereign capability: ASPI

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
There is a “window of opportunity” for Australia to develop its 5G sovereign capability and address security issues, and urgent action is needed from the federal government, according to...

Australia’s cyber bark is worse than its bite

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Australian government’s cybersecurity bark is worse than its bite, with a new report finding its intentions in cyber is not yet being matched by actual capability. The National...