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Calls for safe harbour cyber laws grow louder

The case for a temporary safe harbour to improve information sharing between businesses and government during a cyber-attack is building, with Australia’s key business lobby the latest to recommend...

Security clearance issues threaten ASD’s REDSPICE workforce boost

31 May 2023 | by Justin Hendry

A security clearance backlog created by the federal government’s new vetting platform is jeopardising the ability of Australia’s cyber spy agency to secure the hundreds of new staff it...

Accenture lands $14m to prep Defence for ‘secret’ cloud

17 March 2023 | by Justin Hendry

Defence will pay Accenture more than $14 million over the next year to stand up a cloud capability that will provide the guardrails for multi-vendor hosting, as the department...

Cyber spy agency looks to industry for REDSPICE rollout

7 February 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

The Australian Signals Directorate is outsourcing key elements of its landmark national security uplift program, going to market this week for industry partners to help the cyber spy agency...

Cyber threat platform costing govt $59k a day

11 January 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

The bill for the federal government’s automated cyber threat sharing platform has skyrocketed to more than $59,000 a day because of the expansion into bidirectional sharing, increased industry participation,...

Ransomware still Australia’s ‘most destructive cybercrime threat’

4 November 2022 | by Justin Hendry

Ransomware remains the “most destructive cybercrime threat” facing Australia, according to the national cybersecurity agency, despite data showing a marginal drop in official reports from victims over the past...

KPMG to be paid $1.2m-a-month to work on REDSPICE

13 July 2022 | by Denham Sadler

Accounting multinational KPMG will be paid nearly $10 million over the next eight months to assist with the implementation of the 10-year, $10 billion REDSPICE cyber program, which aims...

ASD ‘very confident’ it can fill 1900 new REDSPICE roles

7 April 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

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...

Anthony Albanese: All quiet on the cyber front

31 March 2022 | by James Riley

You can only guess that Josh Frydenberg’s commitment of $9.9 billion to the Australian Signals Directorate for a cyber defensive and offensive capability uplift caught Labor by surprise. Because...

Budget Insider: The volume gets turned up on innovation policy

31 March 2022 | by Brandon How

In the shadow of an imminent election, this year’s federal budget included some welcome investments for Australian innovation ecosystem, but didn’t go far enough, according to a panel of...

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Calls for safe harbour cyber laws grow louder

Security clearance issues threaten ASD’s REDSPICE workforce boost

Cyber spy agency looks to industry for REDSPICE rollout

Ransomware still Australia’s ‘most destructive cybercrime threat’

KPMG to be paid $1.2m-a-month to work on REDSPICE

ASD ‘very confident’ it can fill 1900 new REDSPICE roles

Anthony Albanese: All quiet on the cyber front

Budget Insider: The volume gets turned up on innovation policy

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