Tag: Department of Home Affairs

New SOCI test for data centres, cloud draws industry fire

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s peak tech industry body has warned that proposed thresholds for bringing data centres and cloud services under critical infrastructure laws are too broad, arguing that size alone should...

NSW to send licence photos to national facial ID system

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Millions of driver’s licence photos from Australia’s most populous state are set to be uploaded to a national facial biometrics matching database, nearly a decade after the system was...

Wells says triple zero upgrades a success despite dropped calls

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Communications minister Anika Wells has defended the performance of Australia’s triple zero network during Wednesday’s Telstra outage after around three dozen calls to the service were dropped on their...

Defence expands Starlink reliance despite warnings

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Australia’s military has expanded its reliance on SpaceX-owned Starlink for internet services on its aircraft, despite security warnings about the satellite service provider from two top federal cyber agencies....

Secrecy clouds delivery of National Firearms Register

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Federal agencies have refused to say which company is delivering vital digital police infrastructure promised in the wake of the Bondi Beach shooting. The National Firearms Register (NFR), which...

New House committee to probe SME cybersecurity

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Government cybersecurity advice and the resilience of small and medium businesses will be placed under the microscope by a new lower house committee established by the Albanese government on...

Govt must rise to the AI biosecurity threat, experts warn

Posted on   |  by David Allen
A new federal taskforce overseeing synthetic biology and artificial intelligence is a welcome step, but Australia remains dangerously ill-equipped to handle the technology’s biosecurity threats, experts have warned. Former...