Tag: Australian Signals Directorate

Anthony Albanese: All quiet on the cyber front

Posted on   |  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...

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...

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...

‘Release the hounds’ on ransomware gangs

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Labor has called on the federal government to get on the cyber offensive and “release the hounds” on global ransomware gangs following a series of high profile cyber-attacks against...

Telstra’s Penn to lead Australian cyber strategy

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A permanent 10-person advisory committee, helmed by Telstra boss Andy Penn, has been established to guide the implementation of the federal government’s $1.7 billion cybersecurity strategy. The 2020 Cyber...

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...

Labor seeks cybersecurity strategy briefing

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Labor has demanded a briefing from the government on it’s massive $1.35 billion cybersecurity strategy and assurance that work is being done to improve information security of the public...