Tag: Mike Burgess

ASIO assumes control of government’s top security vetting

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s domestic spy agency has been handed control the government’s high level security vetting, after legislation that moved the powers from a dedicated agency and created a new ‘Top...

Govt moves to centralise security vetting within ASIO

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Albanese government is tightening and centralising security clearances within the domestic spy agency amid its warning foreign agents are “trying to work their way into government”. Home Affairs...

Plans to restrict foreign research teams ‘dangerous’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government plan to crackdown on foreign research collaboration on emerging technologies is a “dangerous development” that risks holding back burgeoning sectors such as artificial intelligence, UNSW Professor...

Govt silent on cyber despite COVID risk

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Labor has accused government of neglecting cybersecurity despite the heightened risk due to the COVID-19 pandemic and a number of high-profile hacks of large Australian companies, as the industry...

Rachel Noble is new ASD Director-General

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Prime Minister Scott Morrison has appointed the current Australian Cyber Security Centre chief Rachel Noble as the first woman to lead a major Australian spy agency. Ms Noble...

Mike Burgess offers new cyber era

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Having the director-general of an intelligence agency sitting as a director on the board of Australia’s industry development organisation focused on cyber is either the best thing ever or...

Mike Burgess gets ASIO call-up

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Less than two years ago, Mike Burgess was the chief information security officer within Australia’s largest telecommunications carrier Telstra. From the middle of next month he will become the...