Australia signs up to White House counter ransomware agenda Communications & Technology The Australian government joined with 31 other countries in signing an agreement to consider a range of urgent actions to protect states from ransomware.
Promoted What’s the risk of being unsupported? Wednesday December 2, 2020 By TechnologyOne Sponsored We live in a time of increasing cyber-attacks and security breaches. The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) received one cybercrime report every 10 minutes over…
Tax commissioner Chris Jordan sticks to his guns, senators say he abused parliamentary privilege in estimates Friday October 25, 2019 By Stephen Easton Communications & Technology Tax commissioner Chris Jordan is sticking to his guns after being accused of abusing parliamentary privilege in Senate estimates by using the high-profile hearings to…
Older Windows systems must be patched to avert another computer worm outbreak: ACSC Tuesday September 10, 2019 By Stephen Easton Australian Capital Territory The Australian Cyber Security Centre warns it is way past patching time for all users of Windows 7, Vista or XP, as well as Windows…
Federal cyber agency lists security-vetted IT products, Austrade boosts local vendors Thursday August 29, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal The Australian Cyber Security Centre has published a list of tech products that have been officially assessed for either cryptographic effectiveness or more general security…
Commonwealth Information Security Manual updated Monday August 26, 2019 By Stephen Easton Communications & Technology A large number of changes have been made to the federal government's Information Security Manual.
Infosec professionals join ACSC to improve national cyber resilience and, hopefully, policy Friday 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…
PM warns to watch the warmware, as another cyber security team stands up Wednesday January 25, 2017 By Stephen Easton Communications & Technology The PM warns the biggest ICT security risk is not software or hardware but warmware -- human users -- as another federal cyber security body…
Watch your language, Australia's never had an official 'cyber attack' Thursday October 13, 2016 By Stephen Easton Features Australia might never have had an official 'cyber attack' by the federal government's definition, and it will be obvious if we ever do. The latest…
We can't afford stars in the 'team sport' of cybersecurity Friday April 22, 2016 By Stephen Easton Features Public sector pay scales make it difficult to retain sought-after experts in cybersecurity. But agencies hope collaboration is part of the answer. It's not a…
