On Tuesday, Australia’s new Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced his government’s first full ministry, with Victorian member Clare O’Neil appointed Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Cyber Security....
Cyber Security
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We use internet-connected devices to access our bank accounts, keep our transport systems moving, communicate with our colleagues, listen to music, undertake commercially sensitive tasks – and order pizza....
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The Quad nations have finished mapping capacity and vulnerabilities in global semiconductor supply chains in the first step of an effort to reduce reliance on China for critical minerals....
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Ransomware attacks jumped 13 per cent last year, a larger increase than the previous five years combined, according to analysis of thousands of global cybersecurity incidents which revealed people...
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ServiceNSW won’t say if it is actively working to fix flaws in the New South Wales Digital Drivers Licence exposed by security experts this week and which allow false...
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Existing cybersecurity standards for smart devices will be made mandatory by the federal government but device security labels will be voluntary under a Coalition election pledge. Home Affairs Minister...
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The recently established US cyber safety board wants other countries employ its new way of reviewing incidents and to partner on global solutions for the fast changing cyber environment....
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Melbourne-based cybersecurity accelerator CyRise will celebrate its fifth anniversary this month with a demo day featuring startups from Australia, Singapore, India, and the United States. It is the first...
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Better data and public reporting is needed as a starting point to improve Indigenous recruitment and retention in Defence, particularly around STEM and cyber, a new Australian Strategic Policy...
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The Australian subsidiary of US-listed defence company Northrop Grumman has signed a six-year contract with a Brisbane-based electronics engineering company for the supply of secure communication devices. Northrop Grumman...
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Creating an impenetrable and robust e-voting system, according to two leading researchers in cryptography, is nowhere close to being created. A complicated problem, with global experts rushing to solve,...
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Australia’s signals intelligence agency is “very confident” it can fill 1900 new cyber roles after receiving a $10 billion budget boost, despite losing around one in ten of its...
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The federal government on Wednesday launched a discussion paper calling for views on Australia’s first national data security action plan as it seeks to develop better guidance and clearer...
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With 98 per cent of Australian businesses comprising of small businesses contributing a third of our economic output and employing 41 per cent of the workforce, governments are naturally...