Tag: ASD

Josh Frydenberg’s swag of unexpected budget treasures

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The tech industry had few expectations of Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s pre-election budget. With just weeks to go before heading to the polls, we have clearly moved on from pandemic-related...

Don’t carve out spy agency’s cyber capabilities: ASD chief

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australian Signals Directorate director-general Rachel Noble has cautioned against proposals to establish a separate cybersecurity entity, saying that offensive cyber capabilities have now been “fully integrated” into the spy...

Govt to mandate Essential Eight cyber controls

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government will move to mandate the Essential Eight cybersecurity controls in public sector entities, after it was revealed that many agencies have not even implemented the basic...

Bridging the public private divide: Cybersecurity

Posted on   |  by David McClure
Cybersecurity threats are having a huge impact on all industries across the public and private sectors – with wide-ranging effects on company trust, the economy, and creating a host...

TechOne lifts feds with IRAP Protected status

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Iconic Australian software company TechnologyOne has earned a ‘Protected’ level security assessment through the Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) program, significantly raising the federal government cybersecurity posture at...

Brian Schmidt on the ANU’s 2018 cyber attack

Posted on   |  by Liam Tung
The Australian National University’s Vice Chancellor Brian Schmidt talks about lessons learned after its devastating data breach in 2018 and explains why cybersecurity is everyone’s responsibility. It was just...

Domestic spying needs probity and constraint

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australian Signals Directorate chief Rachel Noble says the spy agency’s cybersecurity focus and targeting of Australian citizens is nothing new. In the address at the Australian National University –...

A rock and a hard place for govt cloud

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Federal guidance for the new decentralised and deregulated cybersecurity regime has been released to mixed reviews, with some concerned that the new framework puts Australian companies at a disadvantage...