Opinion: COVIDFail. The IT debacle that could cost lives Communications & Technology Another spate of COVID-19 cases being reported in Victoria. China re-instating restrictions as it sees infections return. Our chief medical officer says his greatest fear
Home Affairs deputy secretary to lead Australian Cyber Security Centre June 20, 2019 By Stephen Easton Communications & Technology Senior Home Affairs executive Rachel Noble has been appointed to lead the Australian Cyber Security Centre, following the departure of Alastair MacGibbon at the end
Cyber boss Alastair MacGibbon to return to private sector May 6, 2019 By David Donaldson Federal Alastair MacGibbon, head of the Australian Cyber Security Centre at the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD), is resigning to return to the private sector. MacGibbon, who
Infosec professionals join ACSC to improve national cyber resilience and, hopefully, policy February 1, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal 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
Security review finds online voting OK for NSW election, calls for national platform December 5, 2018 By Stephen Easton Features Key points: ‘Imperative to lift security to higher level’ Growth of online voting inevitable Collaboration with all electoral commissions needed The New South Wales online
MacGibbon: cyber catastrophe is society's 'greatest existential threat' right now November 19, 2018 By Stephen Easton Communications & Technology 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
Partner Content Harnessing intelligent computing to secure government services August 14, 2018 By Julian Bajkowski Across Australia, governments are creating previously unimagined amounts of data. As all jurisdictions invest heavily in digital technologies, platforms and networks to significantly improve services
The view from the outside: stakeholders weigh in on digital service delivery February 2, 2018 By Stephen Easton Features Digital service delivery platforms need better quality control and more transparency, argues Ian Brightwell, former chief information officer of the New South Wales Electoral Commission —
MacGibbon warns of 'Jenga tower' of federal legacy cyber risk August 30, 2017 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology The federal government’s top tech security watchdog has warned federal agencies they need to start shifting legacy software and infrastructure systems onto more resilient cloud
Finance reveals cloud procurement moves ahead of DTA overhaul August 22, 2017 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology The Department of Finance called for fresh industry input for two of the biggest chunks of the federal governments computing estate ahead of the imminent
How to survive in the Wild West of the Internet of Things April 5, 2017 By David Braue Once the domain of hacktivists that blocked access to government websites to serve political agendas, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks have become headline news
Digital Marketplace expands into new service fields February 24, 2017 By The Mandarin Communications & Technology The federal government’s Digital Marketplace is expanding to take on more service fields. Five new categories of services were added this week, building on the existing areas of
Alastair MacGibbon: learnings from the eCensus 2016 November 28, 2016 By Tom Burton Communications & Technology Agencies need to move away from a tick-box compliance security culture, invest in modern cloud-based systems and ensure agency leaders have a good understanding of
Alastair MacGibbon appointed new child cyberbullying cop March 19, 2015 By Harley Dennett News Alastair MacGibbon A 15-year Australian Federal Police veteran and online security commentator, Alastair MacGibbon, has been appointed to the newly created
