Tag: Cybersecuity

McKinsey met with minister 22 times on cyber strategy

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Home Affairs and Cybersecurity minister Clare O’Neil met with representatives from her former employer McKinsey & Co 22 times this year as it helped develop Australia’s upcoming cyber strategy....

Cybermerc: From govt to sovereign threat-sharing

Posted on   |  by Stuart Mason
Cybersecurity has become a dinner table discussion point in Australia in the last year. The high-profile and devastating data breaches that have impacted some of the country’s largest companies...

Govt to ban one-to-many face matching by police

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Authorities will be banned from using facial recognition capabilities operated by the federal government to conduct one-to-many identity matches under re-drafted legislation first proposed more than four years ago....

Digital ID is a zero-trust battleground

Posted on   |  by Jason Stevens
Making Australia a top 10 digital economy and society by 2030 arguably rests on the government pioneering and perfecting a national digital identity strategy that places strong emphasis on...

SA to pilot tech-focused grad placements for SMEs

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
An industry placement program designed to connect South Australian graduates with small to medium-sized enterprises and startups specialising in space, cybersecurity and other high-tech industries is set to begin...

Thales to snap up Australia’s biggest listed cyber firm

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s largest listed cybersecurity firm Tesserent looks set to be acquired by Thales, with the French defence giant making a $176 million offer on Tuesday. Tesserent would retain its...

Leapfrogging cyber hurdles for small businesses

Posted on   |  by Jason Stevens
Private and public sector discussions intensify around cybersecurity threats to small businesses (SMBs) in Australia, with ransomware attacks up by 15 per cent annually.  As cyber criminals increasingly target...

10-year cyber strategy to be recast by Labor

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The new Labor government will significantly revise the former Coalition government’s 2020 Cyber Security Strategy to account for pandemic developments and the growing threat landscape. The update will focus...