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Govt to mandate Essential Eight cyber controls

The federal government will move to mandate the Essential Eight cybersecurity controls in public sector entities, after it was revealed that many agencies have not even implemented the basic...

Govt struggle to build strong cyber practices

16 November 2020 | 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...

Mandatory cyber standards for private sector

24 June 2020 | by Denham Sadler

There are concerns the government’s rumoured plans to mandate cybersecurity standards in the private sector could lead to SMEs being punished and difficulties around enforcement. Cybersecurity experts and the...

Cybersecurity and the Trust Imperative

23 June 2020 | by James Riley

The remarkable intervention of the Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday in the mainstream cybersecurity conversation certainly had its desired effect. Through the use of the Prime Ministerial megaphone,...

Govt ‘missing in action’ on digital SMEs

15 June 2020 | by Denham Sadler

More needs to be done to help Australian SMEs improve their cybersecurity and digitisation, with the government’s handful of policies in the space so far proving underwhelming, the Labor...

Govt won’t mandate Essential Eight

18 April 2019 | by Denham Sadler

The federal government has rejected a recommendation to make the Australian Signals Directorate’s “baseline” Essential Eight cyber mitigation strategies mandatory. Earlier this month the government quietly tabled its response...