Can your online credentials get stuffed? A quick guide for government… Thursday March 22, 2018 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology Job losses aren’t the only dark side of automation. Account takeovers powered by credential stuffing are fast becoming the new black for cyber attackers hitting… Read more
AFP mental health audit confirms managerial, cultural and financial barriers Tuesday March 13, 2018 By Stephen Easton Case studies Managing employee mental health is a particularly “complex and sensitive challenge” for emergency services, the Commonwealth auditor-general’s office has observed in an audit report. Read more
AFP: national broadcaster only gave us two hours to respond Friday February 2, 2018 By The Mandarin News It's a scenario that nearly every public affairs officer and senior executive has faced -- probably many times over. Read more
The case for a Department of Home Affairs: Pezzullo on his place in history Monday October 16, 2017 By Stephen Easton Editors' Picks A single Defence Department was brought together in the 1970s. Later, Foreign and Affairs and Trade were merged, never to be separated again. Now Australia… Read more
Tom Burton: mish-mash of reporting threatens sensible security reforms Wednesday July 19, 2017 By Tom Burton Features 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… Read more
Let the cyber games begin: why big events are now trophy targets Friday July 14, 2017 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology 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
Cyber skills shortage 'getting worse' as Turnbull goes on the offensive Tuesday July 11, 2017 By Stephen Easton Communications & Technology In the wake of another ransomware attack, Malcolm Turnbull's announcement of new offensive capabilities to combat cyber criminals and fight the wars of the future… Read more
Artificial intelligence and profiling at the Commonwealth Games Tuesday July 4, 2017 By Victoria Draudins Case studies Advances in biometric, policing and crowd management technology combined with global heightened security concerns will put the GC2018 into uncharted territory. Can future events of… Read more
ATO's anti-fraud squad knows the type who think they won't get caught Wednesday June 28, 2017 By Verona Burgess Economy & Industry It's not just flashy crims that anti-fraud investigators are watching. The risk of the trusted insider — officials rationalising bad behaviour by a self-assessment of… Read more
Tax fraud investigation may disrupt Panama papers inquiry Friday May 19, 2017 By David Donaldson News The discovery of an alleged tax fraud scheme may disrupt the ATO's Panama papers investigation, worries Andrew Leigh. It also reinforces calls for a federal… Read more
Watch: Andrew Colvin on reform in the AFP Monday February 13, 2017 By The Mandarin Features Andrew Colvin, Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police addressed the institute on the gender equity and culture reforms that galvanised on the back of Elizabeth Broderick's review of… Read more
AFP 'trying to correct 200-plus years of systemic bias' against women Friday February 10, 2017 By Stephen Easton Culture Australian Federal Police commissioner Andrew Colvin spoke to a packed house of public sector people about his efforts to reform organisational culture, particularly around gender… Read more
Whistleblowers pay a high price for embarrassing the government Tuesday May 31, 2016 By Denis Muller Features OPINION: The law that enables the AFP to go after whistleblowers and journalists contains no public-interest defence. That needs to be fixed, but the… Read more
Border security and law enforcement successes belie policy challenge Tuesday May 31, 2016 By John Coyne & David Connery Features ANALYSIS: Evaluating policy efficacy is usually trumped by the urgency of meeting border and law enforcement operational targets. The next government can help by… Read more
Forget the fortress, risk-based cybersecurity is its own mission Wednesday May 11, 2016 By Stephen Easton Communications & Technology FEATURE: Different government agencies will have to weigh their own risk-based strategies for cybersecurity threats. For most it's about stymying the enemy, not building… Read more
