Tag: Hosting Certification Framework

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...

‘Diluted’ APS tech policy is helping multinationals to dig in

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Federal government policies that have become “diluted” through competing agency priorities have further entrenched the position of multinational tech companies in Canberra, making it harder for local companies to...

Govt must refer sovereign cloud decision to AFP, NACC

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The decision to remove the ‘Sovereign Certified’ status from the Commonwealth’s Hosting Certification Framework should be referred to the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) and the Federal Police to investigate...

DTA loses data sovereignty scheme duties

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Responsibility for the federal government’s troubled data sovereignty scheme has been stripped from the Digital Transformation Agency in a shakeup prompted by the creation of Australia’s new cybersecurity office....

DTA outsources hosting certification assessments as backlog grows

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Assessments of hosting service providers against the Hosting Certification Framework (HCF) have been partially outsourced by the Digital Transformation Agency, as the certification backlog for the data sovereignty scheme...

Cloud giants certified while others wait on sovereignty scheme

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Google and IBM have been cleared by the Digital Transformation Agency as approved cloud service suppliers under Australia’s data sovereignty scheme while dozens of other companies wait on authorisation....