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FEDERAL BUDGET: Treasurer hands down nearly $10bn in cyber and intelligence funding

FEDERAL BUDGET: Treasurer hands down nearly $10bn in cyber and intelligence funding

The Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has unveiled a $9.9 BILLION package to bolster Australia’s cyber and intelligence ...

Tue, 29 Mar 2022
Trellix and CSIS: Increased government support required to stop nation-state cyber actors

Trellix and CSIS: Increased government support required to stop nation-state cyber actors

Trellix and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) released a global report, In the Crosshairs: ...

Mon, 28 Mar 2022
PM officially opens sovereign IC3 East facility

PM officially opens sovereign IC3 East facility

Macquarie Government and Macquarie Data Centres, part of Macquarie Telecom Group, today hosted Australian Prime Minister ...

Fri, 25 Mar 2022
Government launches new cyber-crime-fighting centre

Government launches new cyber-crime-fighting centre

An AFP-led centre set up to combat malicious cyber activity has been unveiled by the Commonwealth government, supported ...

Charbel Kadib Mon, 21 Mar 2022
Palo Alto pushing increased checks and balances on Critical Infrastructure Bill power

Palo Alto pushing increased checks and balances on Critical Infrastructure Bill power

Sarah Sloan, head of government affairs and public policy in Australia and New Zealand for Palo Alto Networks, has ...

Fri, 18 Mar 2022
Anonymous hacker group declares cyber war on Russia

Anonymous hacker group declares cyber war on Russia

Russian media channels were reportedly broadcasting patriotic Ukrainian songs after the Anonymous hacker group declared ...

Mon, 28 Feb 2022
CISA releases foreign influence mitigation guide

CISA releases foreign influence mitigation guide

The cyber security agency has published new insights aimed at bolstering the resilience of critical infrastructure ...

Mon, 21 Feb 2022
Ukraine reports DDoS attacks on government, bank servers

Ukraine reports DDoS attacks on government, bank servers

Malicious cyber actors have compromised servers operated by Ukraine’s defence ministry and two financial institutions

Thu, 17 Feb 2022
ACS calls on government to stop ‘deputising’ IT sector

ACS calls on government to stop ‘deputising’ IT sector

The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has recommended the Australian government change the way electronic surveillance ...

Tue, 15 Feb 2022
Payne, Jaishankar issue joint statement on the inaugural India-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Cyber Framework Dialogue

Payne, Jaishankar issue joint statement on the inaugural India-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Cyber Framework Dialogue

As part of the dialogue, Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne and India’s Minister of External Affairs Dr ...

Mon, 14 Feb 2022
Department of Health CIO joins xAmplify as head of futures and innovation

Department of Health CIO joins xAmplify as head of futures and innovation

xAmplify has announced Daniel Keys will join the Canberra-based provider of IT services and sovereign secure AI ...

Fri, 11 Feb 2022
Aussie IT decision-makers say businesses need more government support against cyber attacks

Aussie IT decision-makers say businesses need more government support against cyber attacks

New KnowBe4 research has found more than two in three (68 per cent) IT decision-makers feel the government should be ...

Thu, 10 Feb 2022
PODCAST: Cyber manipulation – a political, military and legal tool

PODCAST: Cyber manipulation – a political, military and legal tool

In this episode of the Cyber Security Uncut podcast, hosts Phil Tarrant and MAJGEN (Ret’d) Marcus Thompson analyse the ...

Robyn Tongol Fri, 04 Feb 2022