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Home Affairs chief Pezzullo stood down

Home Affairs secretary Michael Pezzullo was stood down on Monday pending the outcome of an investigation into the messages he sent a Liberal Party powerbroker. The messages reportedly sought...

New cyber strategy to protect Australia with six ‘shields’: O’Neil

18 September 2023 | by Justin Hendry

Australia’s refreshed cybersecurity strategy will build out “six cyber shields” to protect citizens and businesses from malicious actors, according to Home Affairs minister Clare O’Neil. The forthcoming strategy will...

O’Neil declares dozens more critical infrastructure assets ‘significant’

7 September 2023 | by Justin Hendry

Dozens more critical infrastructure assets considered the most susceptible to attack from malicious cyber actors have been declared nationally significant by the Albanese government, including at least one data...

New rules mandate appointment of CISOs to top 100 govt agencies

3 September 2023 | by Justin Hendry

The federal government has introduced new rules requiring 100 of its largest agencies to appoint chief information security officers, boosting cyber security leadership in Canberra at a time of...

Air Force Commander to lead national cybersecurity efforts

23 June 2023 | by Brandon How

Air Force Commander Darren Goldie will lead the federal government’s cybersecurity incident response efforts as its inaugural national cybersecurity coordinator. Air Vice-Marshall Goldie will take up the role leading...

$40k a day: McKinsey’s cyber strategy bill doubles to $2.4 million

19 June 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

The Department of Home Affairs has paid consulting giant McKinsey more than twice what it originally planned for work on the upcoming national cyber strategy, topping up its contract...

Migration reforms to attract highly-skilled amid global talent fight

27 April 2023 | by Justin Hendry

A fast-tracked pathway for specialised, highly-skilled workers will be considered by the Albanese government as part of its simplification of the temporary skilled migration system after a review warned...

Govt weighing bug bounty to find holes in systems

20 April 2023 | by Justin Hendry

A bug bounty program for security researchers and other crowdsourcing “incentives” aimed at identifying potential vulnerabilities in federal government systems are being considered to boost the cyber posture of...

Permissions capability platform abandoned after two years, $16m

13 April 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

The whole-of-government permissions capability platform devised by consultants and built by external contractors has been scrapped after the government sunk at least two years and $16.5 million into the...

International cyber strategy rolls into national plan

6 April 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

Australia’s international and domestic cyber strategies will be integrated in the upcoming national strategy, with a renewed cyber diplomacy push seeking to make Australia the “partner of choice” for...

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Home Affairs chief Pezzullo stood down

New cyber strategy to protect Australia with six ‘shields’: O’Neil

O’Neil declares dozens more critical infrastructure assets ‘significant’

New rules mandate appointment of CISOs to top 100 govt agencies

Air Force Commander to lead national cybersecurity efforts

$40k a day: McKinsey’s cyber strategy bill doubles to $2.4 million

Migration reforms to attract highly-skilled amid global talent fight

Govt weighing bug bounty to find holes in systems

Permissions capability platform abandoned after two years, $16m

International cyber strategy rolls into national plan

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