In an unusual piece of logic, the federal government says it will not mandate the Australian Signals Directorate’s Essential Eight information security controls for all… Read More
This address by Mike Burgess, director-general of the Australian Signals Directorate, was delivered on March 27 in Sydney, at the Lowy Institute. In the address,… Read More
A new partnership between the federal government’s peak cyber security team and a professional association promises to improve cross-sector collaboration, and might also lead to more consideration of independent expertise in the development of public policy. Read More
AWS, the cloud computing offshoot of Jeff Bezos' Amazon, is the latest of only six providers to have passed a series of requirements set by the Australian Signals Directorate to handle classified data. Read More
The Australian government's Information Security Manual has been simplified with the removal of 258 recommended cyber security controls and the addition of 63. Read More
If you think cyber risk management is not the end of the world you are dead wrong, according to the federal government’s top adviser on these matters, Alastair MacGibbon. Read More
The latest version of the Chrome browser warns users that several Australian government websites are insecure, but the federal cyber security agency is telling citizens to ignore the warnings. Read More
Australia is not alone in confronting malicious cyber attacks. Many governments face similar threats and can learn from each other’s approaches and the technologies they are deploying. First, there are several myths public agencies need to get over if they are to build deep resilience against cyber attack. Ari Weil, a US cyber technology expert and the strategic product leader at Akamai explains. Read More
A key element of digital transformation for government agencies is a migration to the cloud which enables greater levels of access, communication while also lowering the burden and costs of managing owned hardware and servers. Read More
Agencies have for years played on the margins of cloud, only to find choices and progress constrained amid concerns over security, sovereignty, governance and resilience. Microsoft Azure’s launch for government coupled with its official ASD rating as a ‘Protected’ level provider changes that -- big time. Read More
The culture of how people in government come together is shifting fast as intelligent technology empowers productivity and interactions that produce actions and outcomes. That’s a good thing. Read More
It pays to make security culture practical and inclusive. If users are flouting the rules, look at what can be changed to make their jobs easier. Read More
It’s possible the Home Affairs superministry didn’t go far enough, with cyber still out of the main game. What’s left is a classic bureaucratic compromise that in the end will work against the primary aim of better co-ordination against threats. Read More
Hacking has always been a competition. But do today’s big sports events still have what it takes to beat the bad guys? Read More
There’s now an executive imperative to harness cyber security to empower truly digital government. That means a delegated, tactical footing just doesn’t cut it anymore. Time for a tour beyond the comfort zone. Read More
