Tag: Lesley Seebeck

Resilient Australia: Building security in a data-driven world 

Posted on   |  by David McClure
Global tectonic shifts in technology are impacting Australia’s systems of government, business, commerce and social interaction.  From AI-driven phishing programs to automated cyber interference in security, the changes are...

Public sector technology is failing the public interest

Posted on   |  by Dr Lesley Seebeck
In the preface to the Report of the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme, Royal Commissioner Catherine Holmes reflects on how she was startled at the ‘myriad’ of ways...

The Innovation Papers: Meet our full list of expert authors

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Forty policy thinkers from across the Australian tech and innovation ecosystems have contributed more than 70,000 words to The Innovation Papers projects to be published in a newspaper format...

Government tech is hard. If not the DTA, then what?

Posted on   |  by Dr Lesley Seebeck
The digital transformation of government has proven difficult for Australia, particularly at the federal level. While some of the states are having some success, the federal government seems stalled,...

Technology lessons of COVIDSafe must be learned

Posted on   |  by Dr Lesley Seebeck
OPINION: As the government turns its thinking to a vaccination passport or similar, it would do well to learn some of the lessons from COVIDSafe. COVIDSafe illustrates the need...

Cyber strategy needs user centric design

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government’s $1.7 billion 2020 Cyber Security Strategy document lacked the kind of strong organising principle to adequately address the cyber challenges of the less secure world, according...

Trust is key to building cyber resilience

Posted on   |  by Stuart Kennedy
The world is entering a dark place as trust breaks down at societal, governmental and digital levels, and Australia will need to dig deep to survive and become more...

Cybersecurity and the Trust Imperative

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The remarkable intervention of the Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday in the mainstream cybersecurity conversation certainly had its desired effect. Through the use of the Prime Ministerial megaphone,...