Tag: AustCyber

NSW sovereign capability taskforce named

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The NSW government has named a 23-person ICT/Digital Sovereign Procurement Taskforce charged with making it easier for innovative local tech companies to get access to government contracts, using procurement...

Cyber strategy a missed local opportunity

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If anyone were waiting on the Australian Government Cyber Security Strategy 2020 to include a set of industry policies that would help grow the local cyber security sector, they...

Digital trust and sovereign cyber capability

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For a government that has turned its attention to sovereign capability and supply chain issues in its response to the coronavirus pandemic, industry growth centre AustCyber has come up...

Sovereign capability and that shocking AWS deal

Posted on   |  by James Riley
There have been a lot of fine people running around with their hair on fire yelling about sovereign capability holes in the manufacturing sector, specifically in relation to COVID...

2020 cyber panel ‘does not reflect industry’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government’s cybersecurity industry advisory panel is “incredibly out of balance with the reality” of the local sector, according to the founder of Forticode. There are growing concerns...

Adrian Turner on structural change

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The Australian economy is at a “pivotal fork in the road” and the next three to five years will decide whether the nation is able to extract its share...

Mike Burgess offers new cyber era

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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...

Qualified tick for Growth Centres

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Industry Growth Centres are “generally on track,” but the government will struggle to measure their overall effectiveness, a long-awaited report has found. The federal government tasked Nous Group...

Encryption troubles will ‘normalise’

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It is a challenging time right now to be an Australian cyber security company following the passage of the controversial encryption legislation last year. The irony, according to AustCyber...