Tag: Home Affairs

Home Affairs hunts new machine learning cyber shield

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Department of Home Affairs is searching for a new cybersecurity shield to protect thousands of users and devices, as its current ageing and patchwork system runs up against...

Cyber policy shakeup for govt cloud, networking

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Cloud and networking policies used to help secure the federal government’s vast IT estate will be consolidated as part of a new joined-up framework being developed by the Department...

DeepSeek banned from Australian government devices

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Chinese artificial intelligence chatbot DeepSeek has been banned from Australian government-issued systems and devices after it was found to pose an “unacceptable level of security risk” . Home Affairs...

$6.4m to combat health sector cyber threat

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The federal government has awarded $6.4 million to an industry-funded cyber threat intelligence network to establish a information sharing and analysis centre for the healthcare sector. The Critical Infrastructure...

Canberra’s IBM deal nears $1.2bn after just two years

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
IBM’s whole-of-government sourcing deal with the federal government has shot past the $1 billion mark in less than two years, far exceeding the initial $725 million expectation with three...

Gig Guide: IISA chair steps down, Oppermann takes data job

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Former NSW chief data scientist Ian Oppermann has been appointed the federal government’s new Data Standards Chair for Digital ID and the Consumer Data Right in the first shakeup...

French biometrics firm handed 10-year border tech deal

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
French biometrics firm IDEMIA has landed a contract with the Department of Home Affairs to continue its support of Australia’s ageing airport arrivals SmartGates for the next 10 years....