To help cultivate cybersecurity leadership in Australia, cybersecurity accelerator CyRise has teamed up with the Australian Information Security Association to launch an invite-only network and peer-to-peer education program. CyRise...
The New South Wales government has engaged the nation’s cybersecurity industry advocacy group – the Australian Information Security Association (AISA) – to build a new Industry Partnership Program through...
There is a growing contest between democracies and a “new breed of autocrat” in the technology space, and Australia can’t afford to be “recalcitrant” in the global debate on...
Australia has formally attributed the Microsoft Exchange software cyber-attack to China, joining Five Eyes allies and others in condemning what they say is a state sponsored attack which affected...
The government’s $1.7 billion cybersecurity strategy’s lack of focus on the local industry is “frustrating” and a “wasted opportunity”, according to CyRise chief executive Scott Handsaker. The strategy was...
A prominent US national security whistleblower who had his speech at a government-sponsored cybersecurity conference in Melbourne cancelled – along with the speech of an Australian academic – says...
The federal government’s Australian Cyber Security Centre has quietly shuttered the 2019 iteration of its annual conference leaving the security sector scrambling. The ACSC conference held annually in March/April...
The Australian Signals Directorate should be applauded for sharing publicly the details of a serious data breach at an Australian defence contractor at a conference for cyber security professionals...
The Australian government needs to be leading the national drive to close the “critical” cyber security talent gap, partnering with industry and funding new programs, the CEO of a...
Wary of looming shortages of digital security specialists, the federal government hopes to unearth the next generation of cyber warriors with its upcoming Cyber Security Challenge. While the challenge...