Author: Justin Hendry

Digital ministers agree to develop identity resilience strategy

A national identity resilience strategy will be developed in response to the recent spate of high-profile data breaches that have compromised the credentials of millions of Australians. Commonwealth, state and territory ministers agreed to “collaborate” on the National Strategy for Identity Resilience at the Data and Digital Ministers Meeting...

Charting Australia’s EV uptake as boomtime nears

Posted on   |  by Bill Tsouvalas
Electric Vehicles as many say – are the future.   In Australia, EV uptake is on the cusp of rapid expansion and mass adoption.   According to the Electric Vehicle Council...

Digital ministers meeting gets cyber focus

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
All three federal ministers responsible for digital and cybersecurity will take part in the first inter-jurisdictional meeting of digital ministers to occur since the formation of the new Albanese...

Australia to lead global ransomware taskforce

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia will chair a taskforce of like-minded countries set on tackling ransomware through greater intelligence sharing and coordination between law enforcement and cyber security agencies. The International Counter Ransomware...

Budget offers scattered SRI investment, but no big picture yet

Posted on   |  by Dr John H Howard
The 2022 Budget includes at least 30 specific measures that involve, in one way or another, investment in science, research, and innovation (SRI). These include initiatives to undertake research...

Digital ID could prevent Optus breach repeat: Home Affairs

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Biometrically anchored digital identities would go a long way to preventing a repeat of the massive irreversible loss of identity information experienced with the Optus data breach, the Department...