Government taskforce calls for simplified cyber security standards Communications & Technology A collaborative effort between the NSW government, AustCyber and Standards Australia — aims to address evolving cyber security risks through the adoption and use of…
NSW public sector’s cyber security resilience needs ‘urgent attention’, audit office finds Tuesday December 15, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins New South Wales The report noted a compliance audit on cyber security has been scheduled for 2020–21, which will examine whether agencies are complying with the cyber policy.
Parliamentary committee recommends stronger oversight to increase commonwealth’s cyber resilience Thursday December 10, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Defence The report calls on the national auditor-general to conduct an annual review into whether commonwealth agencies have embedded a cyber resilience culture.
Cyber security experts make case for ‘national interest strategy’ Wednesday December 9, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Defence Michelle Price said the ASD should be placed at the centre of national security, to combat the silos in Australia’s cyber defences that are often…
Promoted What Australia’s 2020 Cyber Security Strategy means for cyber security professionals Monday December 7, 2020 By University of Adelaide Careers The 2020 Cyber Security Strategy reflects the rising threat of cybercrime in Australia. As the world becomes increasingly connected online, securing Australia’s digital interests has…
Services Australia’s school program teaches kids cyber security skills Monday November 30, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology A work experience program run by Services Australia has helped a group of year 12 students develop a cyber-attack training package that will be included…
Industry Advisory Committee established to guide implementation of cyber security strategy Tuesday October 20, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Economy & Industry An advisory body tasked with helping the federal government improve cyber security across the public and private sectors has held its first virtual meeting on…
Pezzullo proposes ‘extended state’ to fight national security threats Wednesday October 14, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal In a speech to the Australian National University's National Security College on Tuesday, the senior mandarin warned that security risks have extended beyond human-initiated violence,…
WA Office of Digital Government to run new Cyber Security Operations Centre Wednesday September 30, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology The Department of the Premier and Cabinet's Office of Digital Government will run the new centre, which innovation and ICT minister Dave Kelly has described…
Webinar: Big changes are coming to public sector cloud. Here’s what you need to know Friday September 25, 2020 By Oracle Resource library Getting good quality data in the fastest possible way is something that’s keeping public sector leaders awake at night.
Trust in federal government departments’ handling of personal information declining, survey finds Thursday September 24, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social Trust in personal information handling by federal government departments has gone down by 14% since 2007, while trust in companies in general has declined by…
Information of 186,000 Service NSW customers stolen in cyber attack Tuesday September 8, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins New South Wales Service NSW has revealed that a cyber attack on 47 staff email accounts resulted in the theft of data containing the personal information of 186,000…
Top spy agency values imagination and diversity, according to Rachel Noble Tuesday September 1, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Australian Signals Directorate head Rachel Noble says politicians have final say on bolstering spy powers, ASD cannot conduct mass surveillance on Australians, and it's 'rethinking'…
NSW government to ‘quadruple’ size of cyber security workforce Wednesday August 26, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology The New South Wales government will invest $60 million into its central cyber security team as part of the state’s broader plan to boost its…
Commonwealth needs a less fragmented approach to ICT procurement to improve nation’s cyber security, according to new report Wednesday August 19, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Economy & Industry ASPI has launched the International Cyber Policy Centre's latest report on leveraging government procurement to improve cybersecurity and supply chains.
