Tag: Home Affairs

DTA in AI hiring spree after funding boost

Posted on   |  by David Allen
A federal agency leading the government’s AI rollout across the public service has begun building its AI workforce after securing funding late last year to support its growing mandate....

Chinese and Russian tech scrubbed from govt systems

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Federal agencies will be legally required to remove technology listed on a new government-wide “deny list” by the end of the month in response to increasingly complex threats of...

Govt’s FoI bot sufferer unaware of its problem

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Services Australia officials on Friday testified they did not know which government agency is struggling under the weight of AI generated Freedom of Information requests, despite it being their...

The Gig Guide: Home Affairs reshuffles top ranks

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
A sweeping leadership shake-up at the Department of Home Affairs has reshaped its top executive team, cementing a stronger focus on national security, digital infrastructure and multicultural affairs. The...

Home Affairs opens up APIs to communicate with industry

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australian businesses conducting trade overseas will now be able to communicate with the government legacy systems using APIs, as the effort to streamline regulatory systems gets off the ground....

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...