Author: Justin Hendry

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Govt weighing bug bounty to find holes in systems

A bug bounty program for security researchers and other crowdsourcing “incentives” aimed at identifying potential vulnerabilities in federal government systems are being considered to boost the cyber posture of...

Google wants copyright law changed for AI data mining

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s copyright laws are stifling innovation by not affording tech companies exceptions to mine websites for information when developing artificial intelligence tools, according to Google. The position, outlined in...

Ethical hacking programs patchy across govt despite mandate

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Only a handful of federal government departments and agencies with responsibilities for front-facing digital services have opened the door to security researchers to report bugs they discover in the...

Fleet Space scores first satellite deal with Defence

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Nanosatellite startup Fleet Space Technologies has struck a $6.4 million contract with Australia’s nascent Space Command defence agency to develop a low-Earth orbit satellite communications system. The 16-month deal,...

My Health Record data sharing plans idle five years on

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
De-identified My Health Record data is yet to be shared with researchers and public health experts almost five years after the former federal government revealed controversial plans to source...

Embracing next-gen identity security to entice top talent

Posted on   |  by Jason Stevens
Attracting and keeping world-class talent in a post-pandemic world is transforming identity security programs with a hyper focus on treating employees on the same level as customers, irrespective of...

Australia’s biggest subsea robotics centre opens in Perth

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
AI robotics innovator Advanced Navigation has unveiled what it says is Australia’s largest subsea robotics centre to accelerate production of its “breakthrough” underwater navigation and robotic technologies. The company,...

Regulation is the New New Thing in tech

Posted on   |  by Sandy Plunkett
Tech in the 2020’s is a fascinating and complex beast. Innovation is still a key driver of its insatiable appetites, as we see in real time by the new...

Push for a Royal Commission into ‘robo-NDIS’

Posted on   |  by Stuart Mason
The Royal Commission into Robodebt heard significant revelations about the series of failures that led up to the illegal tech-based scheme.  Robodebt involved the use of an algorithm to...