Tag: AWS

Aussie workplace thermal test unveiled

Posted on   |  by Elise McDonald
Brisbane based technology and services company Bigmate has developed a thermal-imaging solution which can immediately detect elevated temperatures of people entering or leaving their workplaces in real time. Known...

The curious case of AWS and gov’t

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The whole of government sourcing arrangement signed between the Digital Transformation Agency and the global cloud giant Amazon Web Services raises serious questions about sovereignty in relation to the...

AWS gets the red carpet treatment

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Australian Government rolled out a red carpet this week for hyper-scale cloud platform provider Amazon Web Services, helpfully launching a standardised whole-of-government agreement to make it easier to...

AWS heralds new Protected status

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It has been a long time coming, but global cloud giant Amazon Web Services has been granted ‘Protected’ certification by the Australian Cyber Security Centre, making it easier for...

‘Gold standard’ under a cloud

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It is unfortunate Federal Government processes for certifying and classifying outsourced cloud services for use by Government has become a matter of controversy. It is even more unfortunate to...

Bumpy ride for the Security Manual

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The government document that rides herd over Federal agency cyber security has been on a wild ride this year. The normally staid process of updating what is known as...

AWS’ pursuit of Protected status

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Amazon Web Services will not build dedicated facilities in Canberra to host sensitive government data, and is instead seeking Australian Signals Directorate sign-off to host citizen data to Protected-level...

AWS hits out at encryption bill

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Global cloud service giant Amazon Web Services has broken cover on the industry’s collective fight against the federal government’s encryption bill, arguing strongly against the proposed laws as simply...

Cloud creds: AWS and Azure arrive

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It is game on in the burgeoning Federal government cloud services market as public cloud “gorillas” Microsoft and AWS move to score data security credentials that have been held...