Tag: Cybersecurity

Govt cyber reset to make Australia ‘most secure’ country

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia will be “the world’s most cyber-secure country by 2030” under an ambitious new plan outlined by Cyber minister Clare O’Neil in Canberra on Thursday. It includes an entirely...

InnovationAus Awards: Cybersecurity finalists

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Cybersecurity has been thrust into the spotlight in Australia in recent months. The Optus and Medibank hacks among others have demonstrated the devastating impact a data breach can have....

O’Neil details measures to mitigate Medibank breach harms

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The federal government has engaged social media companies and placed protections on government data as part of initial measures designed to respond to the release of stolen Medibank customer...

Cyber breaches keeping company directors up at night

Posted on   |  by Rachael Falk and Mark Rigotti
The recent cyber breaches at Medibank and Optus again show just how critical strong cyber security is for all organisations, for the economy as a whole and for each...

Uni of Canberra, Cisco partner on cyber innovation hub

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The University of Canberra will establish an innovation hub next year for researching and testing cybersecurity technologies under a new partnership with Cisco, making it the 10th Australian university...

Australia in cyber diplomacy drive to combat regional ransomware

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australian officials turned up their cyber-diplomacy in Singapore this week, promising to help Pacific nations combat risks like ransomware accompanying their increased digitalisation, and to use Australia’s sanction regime...

Australia prepares for Electric Vehicle cyber risk

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
As Australia embarks on a transition to electric vehicles, the security of millions more devices potentially connecting to the national energy grid presents a new risk. But the industry...

Ransomware bill reintroduced by Coalition

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Shadow home affairs minister Karen Andrews has reintroduced the former government’s ransomware bill without significant alterations and criticised the Albanese government for a lack of action on cybersecurity reform....

Vic govt to contract out cyber incident response services

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Victorian government is set to contract out the cyber incident response services that are offered to agencies and local councils that fall victim to cyber-attacks in a bid...