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O’Neil backs mandatory cybersecurity standards for IoT devices

The Quad security partners are being urged to consider consistent mandatory cybersecurity labelling for internet-of-things devices by Home Affairs and Cybersecurity minister Clare O’Neil. Ms O’Neil lamented that ‘safety-by-design’...

Govt urged to explain growing China tech ban

7 September 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

The federal government must share more information about its ban on Chinese technology to help build a more resilient economy and society, according to the threat intelligence lead at...

Deloitte gets $17m to sustain govt cyber platform for a year

17 August 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

Australia’s cyber agency will pay Deloitte more than $47,000 a day to help run a threat sharing platform that the consulting giant helped to establish, and which almost no...

Govt urged to end reliance on ‘inadequate’ cyber self-assessments

30 June 2023 | by Brandon How

“Persistent optimism bias” in cybersecurity reporting by Commonwealth entities is muddying government oversight of the issues, with a parliamentary committee now calling for self-assessments to be subject to an...

Rising cyber breaches demand urgent board leadership

28 June 2023 | by Jason Stevens

With 76,000 cyber crimes last year, roughly one incident every 7 minutes, Australian boards are struggling to address the social impacts of organisational security breaches in the face of...

Use new cyber strategy to address Privacy Act reforms: OAIC

28 June 2023 | by Brandon How

Australia’s privacy watchdog has recommended that the federal government consider implementing the proposed Privacy Act Review reforms in the upcoming cybersecurity strategy. In particular, the Office of the Australian...

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...

$60m Budget boost for Qld’s cyber unit

13 June 2023 | by Brandon How

Queensland’s cybersecurity unit has received a significant funding boost in the 2023 state Budget, with the government to pump almost $60 million into the office over the next four...

Cyber ‘war games’ preparing businesses for breaches

8 June 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

With cyber attackers now more advanced and better than ever at extracting ransoms from victims, organisations are being urged to war game their initial responses, but not to rule...

Rapid acceleration of digital health comes with a security focus

16 May 2023 | by David McClure

The pandemic has instigated a step change in how Australians access healthcare. Australia has had the infrastructure in place for a decade, with the launch of My Health Record...

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O’Neil backs mandatory cybersecurity standards for IoT devices

Govt urged to explain growing China tech ban

Govt urged to end reliance on ‘inadequate’ cyber self-assessments

Rising cyber breaches demand urgent board leadership

Use new cyber strategy to address Privacy Act reforms: OAIC

Air Force Commander to lead national cybersecurity efforts

$60m Budget boost for Qld’s cyber unit

Cyber ‘war games’ preparing businesses for breaches

Rapid acceleration of digital health comes with a security focus

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