There are growing calls in the public and private sectors for the government to introduce a collaboration premium for the research and development tax incentive to help turn around...
Special Reports
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Controversial changes to the R&D tax incentive are “ill-advised” and would do “untold damage to large sections of the Australian innovation community”, according to submissions to a Senate inquiry....
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It is clear that 2018 has been a watershed year for cyber security across the public sector. The federal government cyber apparatus been substantially restructured, and the philosophical thinking...
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Damning audits of government departments and agencies do not paint the full picture of the state of play in public sector cyber security, according to Australian Signals Directorate chief...
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It is unfortunate Federal Government processes for certifying and classifying outsourced cloud services for use by Government has become a matter of controversy. It is even more unfortunate to...
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The government document that rides herd over Federal agency cyber security has been on a wild ride this year. The normally staid process of updating what is known as...
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Amazon Web Services will not build dedicated facilities in Canberra to host sensitive government data, and is instead seeking Australian Signals Directorate sign-off to host citizen data to Protected-level...
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The federal government’s new encryption-busting legislation is needed to avoid the use of expensive third-party vendor products to get the job done, the Department of Home Affairs has claimed....
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The internet is at a “turning point” and further regulation could be needed to keep tech giants in line, communications minister Mitch Fifield has said. Speaking at the Sydney...
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There is an underlying thread in the global media coverage of the cyber security sector that we are all in constant peril, lurching from one crisis to another, always...
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The federal government has announced a two-month review into the current arrangements for the protection and management of identity information, with plans to update the National Identity Security Strategy....