Tag: Macquarie Government

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$32m extension to Tax Office cyber deal

The Tax Office has renewed its main cybersecurity support deal with Macquarie Telecom’s government arm at a cost of $32.7 million, as it battles as many as three million...

2020 cyber plan seeks private input

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The government’s discussion paper seeking community views ahead of a landmark 2020 National Cyber Security Strategy paints a picture of a dramatically changed cyber environment, and sets the scene...

The Five Eyes of cyber partners

Posted on   |  by James Riley
There is an underlying thread in the global media coverage of the cyber security sector that we are all in constant peril, lurching from one crisis to another, always...

ASD process a shocker for SMEs

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Australian Signals Directorate is already taking heavy fire for a perception that Microsoft was not required to meet the same stringent security criteria as its local cloud services...

Fed cloud boom is real: MacGov

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Federal government agency attitudes around cloud computing security have flipped from negative to positive in just three years according to a new survey of 45 government agencies. The latest...

ASD puts a cloud over Azure

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Australian Signals Directorate has placed an unusual caveat on the much-lauded ‘Protected’ security status it signed off for Microsoft’s Azure public cloud, publishing a special “Consumer Guide” for...

Time to crank tech competition

Posted on   |  by James Riley
As government departments undergo their own digital transformation and focus on delivering improved citizen services, Macquarie Government managing director Aidan Tudehope says it is a timely opportunity for the...

MacGov doubles down on cloud

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Cloud has moved beyond proof of concept implementations in Australia to wide-ranging roll-outs across most departments and ministries. Current government policy, according to the DTA, requires agencies to consider...