Tag: Cybersecurity

COVID widening the cyber gap: Report

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The COVID-19 crisis has widened the cybersecurity gap between large businesses and SMEs, with smaller firms increasingly vulnerable to attacks, a new report has found. The report by the...

Transparency on public sector cyber resilience

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Better transparency is needed on the cyber resilience measures taken by departments and agencies in the wake of damning exposures of cyber shortcomings across government, with Labor now calling...

Nation needs bipartisan federal cyber policy

Posted on   |  by Francis Galbally
Australia’s federal opposition spokespersons on cyber-security, Kristina Keneally and Tim Watts, have presented a constructive direction to help Australia become cyber-secure. Their statement – “We need policies that bring...

Labor turns to national cyber resilience

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
There needs to be a rethinking of cybersecurity policy in Australia with a focus on national resilience and community-based efforts, according to shadow assistant minister for cybersecurity Tim Watts....

FinTech screen scraping scrap heats up

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
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...