Tag: Data sovereignty

Sovereign digital infrastructure. Will Australia seize the moment?

Posted on   |  by Rupert Taylor-Price
In an increasingly digital world, sovereign digital infrastructure is not just a matter of technological capability, it is a matter of national security, economic strength, and strategic independence. At its...

Oracle clears hurdle for government cloud push

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Oracle has been cleared to host sensitive and whole-of-government data on its physically isolated cloud in Canberra, making it the only cloud player to have been certified twice under...

Oracle eyes Canberra’s Secret cloud market

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
US cloud giant Oracle has unveiled a new physically isolated cloud region in Canberra it says goes further than its competitors are willing to go and could one day...

The winds of change: Global tech must embrace data localisation

Posted on   |  by Jason Duerden
As cybercrime surges across the public and private sectors, global tech companies are being challenged to tighten data localisation and data sovereignty capability while supporting the federal government’s vision...

DTA loses data sovereignty scheme duties

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Responsibility for the federal government’s troubled data sovereignty scheme has been stripped from the Digital Transformation Agency in a shakeup prompted by the creation of Australia’s new cybersecurity office....

Big Tech at odds with governments over data localisation

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
State and territory governments and the national science agency are urging the federal government to explore data localisation requirements for both government and critical infrastructure providers, putting themselves at...

Tech giants rally against data localisation in Australia

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Global tech giants and their industry associations have rallied against the federal government introducing localisation requirements for data storage, arguing it brings no inherent benefit to cybersecurity and that...

Microsoft walks away from Top Secret cloud negotiation 

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Global giant Microsoft has walked away from negotiations with the Office of National Intelligence for the provision of a Top Secret private cloud service after more than a year...