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...
Cyber Security
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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...
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Shadow cybersecurity minister James Paterson has assumed responsibility for the Home Affairs portfolio after Karen Andrews announced her intentions to retire at the next election. Opposition leader Peter Dutton...
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A decision by the former New South Wales Coalition government’s not to fund the state’s cybersecurity agency beyond next financial year, despite the growing importance of response and recovery,...
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Australia has joined a US-led push for software developers to take greater accountability for the security of their products by shifting the current burden of responsibility away from end...
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The new US national cyber strategy is shifting burdens and liabilities away from end users towards vendors and manufacturers. An expert cyber advisor to the Biden Administration says there...
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Australia’s international and domestic cyber strategies will be integrated in the upcoming national strategy, with a renewed cyber diplomacy push seeking to make Australia the “partner of choice” for...
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The national office being stood up by the federal government to coordinate its cyber security efforts and respond to incidents will operate without any additional funding initially, the Department...
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Australia’s two most high profile cyber incidents that exposed millions of people’s personal information are only the “tip of the iceberg”, Cybersecurity minister Clare O’Neil said on Tuesday, warning...
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Consulting giant McKinsey won’t be doing any “core policy work” on Australia’s upcoming cybersecurity strategy, despite being handed a $950,000 contract to manage the project this month. The six...
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Controversial global consulting giant McKinsey will have a key role in the development of Australia’s cybersecurity strategy, 18 months after the government was widely criticised for using the company...
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Australia’s largest group of intellectual property services firms, some of which have previously worked with the federal government, have had their systems breached in a cybersecurity incident. IPH –...
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In-house threat hunters based in regional New South Wales uncovered and remediated more than 22,000 vulnerabilities in state government and local council systems last year through proactive monitoring. That’s...
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If cybersecurity breaches are the new normal – and they are – then it is critical that governments lead the centralised and coordinated defensive efforts at an economy-wide scale....