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NSW needs quick cyber overhaul

A report into how the NSW government responds to cybersecurity incidents by state’s Auditor-General Margaret Crawford found there is no whole-of-government incident detection capability in place. The performance audit...

Former spy boss seeks new agency

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Former spy chief David Irvine says Australia’s capacity to counter threats and criminal activity using cyber investigative tools is “relatively weak” and has called for the creation of a...

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...

NSW’s first CISO – focus on identity

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The NSW government will reach out across the public and private sectors to build a strong cyber regime for the state under the government’s first chief information security officer...

China and a new cyber arms race

Posted on   |  by James Riley
If there were any doubts about the broad direction of the next wave of technological development, China has put them to rest with a national artificial intelligence strategy amid...

Code warrior a most serious game

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Sydney startup Secure Code Warrior has developed a vibrant business based on using game-playing techniques to teach developers how to code securely. This gamification technique is proving a great...

No internet means no cyber crime?

Posted on   |  by Graeme Philipson
Singapore, the country that gave social engineering a good name, has come up with a sure-fire way to ensure its government computers are not hacked. It is disconnecting them...

RSA: Cyber shifts to business issues

Posted on   |  by Graeme Philipson
Cybersecurity threats and expenditure are growing massively, with the emphasis moving strongly to business issues. That’s the key issue to come out of the fourth annual Asia Pacific RSA...

Feds’ cyber review looms large

Posted on   |  by Stuart Kennedy
Australia’s prospects for building serious cyber security businesses muscle are possibly stronger than many realise, but the local digital security sector still waits for the fire to be lit...