Tag: Asio

ASIO assumes control of government’s top security vetting

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s domestic spy agency has been handed control the government’s high level security vetting, after legislation that moved the powers from a dedicated agency and created a new ‘Top...

Govt moves to centralise security vetting within ASIO

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Albanese government is tightening and centralising security clearances within the domestic spy agency amid its warning foreign agents are “trying to work their way into government”. Home Affairs...

FIRB chair and former top spy David Irvine dies

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Former top intelligence official David Irvine has died aged 75 after a battle with illness. He was remembered Thursday as dedicated public servant that shaped foreign policy and the...

Plans to restrict foreign research teams ‘dangerous’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government plan to crackdown on foreign research collaboration on emerging technologies is a “dangerous development” that risks holding back burgeoning sectors such as artificial intelligence, UNSW Professor...

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...

Mike Burgess offers new cyber era

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Having the director-general of an intelligence agency sitting as a director on the board of Australia’s industry development organisation focused on cyber is either the best thing ever or...