Tag: Home Affairs

Blocked identity theft attempts nearly double

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
More than 200,000 attempts to use stolen identity credentials legitimately were blocked by the federal government’s anti-fraud register in just seven months — a 66 per cent increase since...

New cyber industry advisory board incoming

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
A cybersecurity industry advisory board will be appointed in the coming months to support the delivery of the Commonwealth Cyber Uplift Plan, according to the National Cybersecurity Coordinator. Lieutenant...

Home Affairs keeps its decade-long Pega deal alive

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Home Affairs has added $2.8 million of professional services to support its decade-long $30 million investment in Pegasystems, but has ruled out any attempt at another government-wide platform based...

Agencies bound to sluggish cyber threat platform

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government has given agencies 12 months to link up with the national automated cyber threat sharing platform after struggling to get voluntary buy-in over the last two...

Defence to wear new APS contractor cuts

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Defence department will need to find more than $270 million in savings over the next four years as part of the Albanese government’s extended purge of contractors and...

Home Affairs tech at ‘significant risk of failure’

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Home Affairs’ technology environment is at “significant risk of failure”, according to an independent review that says there is no plan to fix the more than 190 IT systems...

New local players cleared for sensitive government data

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Two more Australian tech companies have been cleared to carry protected-level public sector data under the federal government’s Hosting Certification Framework, as an existing provider questions the value of...