Tag: Cybersecurity

Domestic spying needs probity and constraint

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australian Signals Directorate chief Rachel Noble says the spy agency’s cybersecurity focus and targeting of Australian citizens is nothing new. In the address at the Australian National University –...

Procurement power and cybersecurity capability

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government should use its significant procurement powers to improve cybersecurity across the economy and stimulate innovation, according to a new report from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute....

The nation needs a cyber minister: Turnbull

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The lack of a specific minister responsible for cybersecurity is a key weakness in the federal government’s new strategy and overarching cyber policies, according to former Prime Minister Malcolm...

Impunity to fight cyber attacks: New laws

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Private companies running nationally significant systems will be given legal impunity to fight cyber threats, while the federal government will be allowed to take control of these companies in...

Cyber strategy a big miss for local industry

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government’s $1.7 billion cybersecurity strategy’s lack of focus on the local industry is “frustrating” and a “wasted opportunity”, according to CyRise chief executive Scott Handsaker. The strategy was...

Baseline metrics needed for cyber strategy

Posted on   |  by Matt Tett
Late last week (August 6), the Department of Home Affairs finally released the much anticipated Australia’s Cyber Security Strategy 2020. It follows hot on the heels of the industry...

No surprises: 2020 cyber security strategy

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government has finally released its $1.7 billion 2020 Cyber Security Strategy, with initiatives including new laws to protect critical infrastructure, additional powers for police to target the...

Nick Kaldas joins the encryption game

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Former NSW Police deputy commissioner and United Nations investigator Nick Kaldas has joined the cybersecurity sector, appointed to the Asia Pacific managing director role at San Francisco-based Secured Communications....

Matt Tett on the cyber advisory report

Posted on   |  by Matt Tett
Earlier this week the Department of Home Affairs published the Industry Advisory Panel report which seeks to feed a neat sixty recommendations from industry into Australia’s upcoming 2020 Cyber...