One browser exploit, social engineering, spambot and distributed denial of service (DDoS) security attack at a time, they're coming. Will you be ready?

Many potential cloud users have been scared off of cloud services by concerns over data sovereignty, the US Patriot Act – but one analyst says not to worry.

Australia's government has struggled with issues of cloud data sovereignty and security, but new offerings from Objective and IBM will help resolve them.

Integrators Data#3 and Red Rock Consulting have opened new offices as they expand to new geographies in pursuit of government and other consulting business.

Defence Minister Stephen Smith launched an education campaign called 'Catch, Patch, Match' to promote government and private-sector information security.

A Research In Motion-funded comparison of major smartphone platforms has found RIM's BlackBerry is the cheapest, most secure option for government bodies.

Government ICT budgets have been largely spared as the Mid Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) report flags $16.4b in non-IT spending reductions.

AGIMO has facilitated cloud-computing uptake by naming UltraServe and 34 other vendors for its data centre as a service (DCaaS) multi use list (MUL) panel.

Government agencies must set an example for industry by embracing IPv6 addresses, and do so aggressively because their size makes the transition harder.

Hosting provider Bulletproof believes cloud computing will get even more popular when organisations can managed Amazon Web Services servers like real ones.

Numerous governments are reassessing relationships with Chinese networking vendors Huawei and ZTE after the US Congress labelled them a security risk.

Australia's government leads other industry sectors in its ICT sustainability efforts – but is still far behind its global counterparts, Fujitsu has found.

Canberra politicians must get across cloud computing issues – and necessary policies – before Australia loses its competitive edge, OzHub has warned.

NEC Australia has expanded its voice and data managed services portfolio with a multi million dollar contract with the NSW Police Force.

Protecting Parliament's Web site from attack is an ongoing effort, but IT security is essential to preserve the integrity of Australia's political process.