Tag: Cybersecurity

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FinTech screen scraping scrap heats up

The landmark Parliamentary inquiry into the FinTech sector has again descended into a feud over the controversial practice of screen scraping, much to the chagrin of FinTech Australia. Screen...

ASD’s critical role in industry development

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Australian Signals Directorate has an important role to play in helping build Australian sovereign capability in cybersecurity, in software development, and in the creation of a resilient ecosystem...

ASD plan a disaster for local tech

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Australian Signals Directorate’s fundamental restructure of government cybersecurity support infrastructure is a potential disaster for home-grown tech companies and a disaster for Australia’s sovereign capability. The devil will...

ASD closes cyber accreditation program

Posted on   |  by James Riley
At a time when global cyber security threats have never been more real, the Australian Signals Directorate has abandoned its Cloud Services Certification Program, until now the gold-standard for...

Mimecast on Cyber Security, Privacy and Risk

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The issues paper from the InnovationAus Cyber Security, Privacy and Risk Leaders roundtable – co-hosted with Mimecast – is now available for download, exploring key policy and technology concerns...

Govt seeks new cyber chief at ACSC

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government is on the hunt for the new head of the Australian Cyber Security Centre with its current boss set to lead the country’s spy agency from next...

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...

Tim Kelsey exits Digital Health Agency

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australian Digital Health Agency chief executive Tim Kelsey has unexpectedly resigned from the organisation that has overseen the difficult My Health Record implementation. The resignation is effective from January...

Data sharing on cyber is critical

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Some of Australia’s largest institutions have called on the federal government to improve threat intelligence data-sharing to combat nation-state cyber attacks. Multiple submissions from big four banks and Australia’s...

Parliament hack to remain private

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A “very interesting” report on the hacking of the networks of Australia’s three largest political parties and Parliament by a “sophisticated state actor” is unlikely to ever be made...