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Concern over ‘rushed’ critical infrastructure law

New rules for critical infrastructure covering a broad range of tech firms are being “rushed” without proper scrutiny being applied, according to a number of submissions to government. The...

Telco concerns over critical infrastructure

28 October 2020 | by Denham Sadler

Proposed powers for the government to step in and take over a piece of critical infrastructure is of “great concern”, according to the Communications Alliance, with a rushed process...

‘Critical technology’ supply chain plan unveiled

27 October 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The federal government has unveiled a draft set of voluntary principles aiming to ensure the security of the supply chain of critical technologies such as artificial intelligence and quantum...

BCG consultants’ massive visa fail win

20 May 2020 | by Denham Sadler

More than $90 million was spent by government on its failed plan to privatise the visa processing system, but the Boston Consulting Group still came up trumps, landing nearly...

AWS tracing deal a disgrace: Rex Patrick

30 April 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The contract handed to American tech giant Amazon to handle the cloud storage of data from the COVID-19 contact tracing app is a “disgrace” and more must done to...

Sovereign capability and that shocking AWS deal

28 April 2020 | by James Riley

There have been a lot of fine people running around with their hair on fire yelling about sovereign capability holes in the manufacturing sector, specifically in relation to COVID...

2020 cyber strategy to address COVID-19

6 April 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The revamped Australian Government Cyber Security Strategy will address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it is unclear when policy re-write will be released. The Department of Home...

Govt told to ditch visa outsource plan

2 March 2020 | by Denham Sadler

A Senate committee has ordered the government to ditch its visa outsourcing plans, which has already cost $87 million before a bidder has even been selected. The Senate committee,...

Visa outsource plan ‘dead in the water’

3 February 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The federal government’s $1 billion plan to outsource the visa processing system is now “dead in the water” after revelations it will require new legislation, according to the Opposition....

Encryption laws not used to fight terrorism

3 February 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The controversial anti-encryption powers have not been used once to fight terrorism, despite government using this as the justification to rush the legislation through Parliament a year ago. The...

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