The Home Affairs department has made “limited progress” towards cybersecurity strategy actions aimed at bringing the federal government into line with its expectations of the private sector. Six months...
Cyber Security
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Australian cyber skills will be deployed in a two month blitz across Papua New Guinea and Fiji in the federal government’s latest effort to build resilience across the Pacific...
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Australia’s energy and climate ministers are driving cybersecurity authentication standards to protect consumer energy resources such as household solar, batteries and electric vehicles from cyber threats. Working groups under...
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The federal government is being urged to close a “gaping” hole in Australia’s antiquated privacy regime by removing the small business carve out, following the country’s largest data breach...
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The federal government has given agencies 12 months to link up with the national automated cyber threat sharing platform after struggling to get voluntary buy-in over the last two...
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The Department of Home Affairs has poached New South Wales’ chief cybersecurity officer Tony Chapman, appointing him as deputy national cyber security coordinator as part of a major public...
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Australia may need to develop its own cybersecurity standards for at home energy resources like solar panels and batteries, according to experts that mapped options in anticipation of millions...
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NSW universities overlooked federal laws designed to help protect critical infrastructure assets from cyber incidents in their first full year of operation by failing to identify critical systems and...
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Services Australia would struggle to recover from a major cyber attack, according to an outside audit of the tech heavy agency that is responsible for welfare payments, myGov and...
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The Victorian government has launched an “Australian-first” state purchasing contract for cybersecurity goods and services which will “dramatically reduce” workloads for departments and save time and money. The new...
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Australia’s national mission to become one of the world’s most cybersecure nations hinges on building public awareness and opening up the profession, the government’s cyber coordinator said on Wednesday....
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A $206.4 million Budget commitment to improved data capability and cybersecurity has been given to Australia’s two financial regulators, among a series of smaller cyber upgrades. The funding, included...
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The Albanese government has deployed its autonomous cyber sanction powers for the second time, joining the United States and United Kingdom in imposing restrictions on another alleged Russian hacker....
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Global cyber threat intel from Microsoft will feed directly into the federal government’s threat intelligence sharing platform at machine speed in a move designed to boost Australia’s cyber defences....