Tag: Department of Home Affairs

Home Affairs restructuring to give govt a cyber ‘spine’

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A restructure of the Department of Home Affairs is being progressed to reorientate the national security agency around issues of cybersecurity and foreign interference amid a worsening geopolitical environment....

Govt-wide ban looms for China-linked cameras

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Attorney General has sought advice on a government-wide ban of surveillance equipment linked to the Chinese Communist Party after an unofficial audit found at least 900 devices being...

IBM contracts surge after whole of government deal

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Canberra’s largest government agencies have stuck multi-year deals with IBM worth more than $350 million following the arrival of the renegotiated whole-of-government agreement earlier this month. The Department of...

Digital ID could prevent Optus breach repeat: Home Affairs

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Biometrically anchored digital identities would go a long way to preventing a repeat of the massive irreversible loss of identity information experienced with the Optus data breach, the Department...

12 critical infrastructure cyber incidents in three months

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Critical infrastructure providers suffered 12 cyber incidents during the three-month grace period that preceded the beginning of a mandatory reporting scheme, new figures from the Home Affairs department reveal....

Cyber hub pilot extended as govt considers long-term future

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Efforts to centralise federal government networks through a handful of cyber hubs in Canberra’s biggest agencies will continue until the New Year, after the pilot program was extended. The...

Home Affairs revives facial recognition plan for airports

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A plan to introduce facial recognition SmartGates in the arrivals halls of Australia’s international airports has been revived, but the federal government will now adopt a two-step system that...

Broad church: AIIA members divided over data localisation

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) has struggled to reach consensus among its diverse membership base on data localisation, but has broadly agreed that onshore hosting does not guarantee...