Industry News
Trust issues impeding health data sharing
A lack of trust between Australian institutions is a bigger impediment to the sharing of health data than regulatory inconsistencies, a new study has found. [ + ]
NSW launches digital connectivity map
The NSW Government has launched an interactive map aimed at providing a suburb-by-suburb analysis of the available internet and mobile connectivity. [ + ]
La Trobe, Deloitte open Digital Operations Centre
La Trobe University and Deloitte's new Digital Operations Centre in Bendigo is aimed at tackling Australia's digital and technology skills shortages. [ + ]
26 countries recognise Tuvalu's digital sovereignty
Threatened by climate change, Tuvalu is seeking to assert its continued existence as a sovereign state by establishing itself as a nation that can exist digitally. [ + ]
Macquarie Cloud launches SaaS offering on Azure
Macquarie Cloud's new SaaS offering for Microsoft Azure is designed to automate guardrails into Azure services. [ + ]
NZ ministry adopts TechnologyOne's CiA
The New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has completed a transition of its financial management to TechnologyOne's CiA platform. [ + ]
ACSC updates the Essential Eight
The Australian Cyber Security Centre has implemented a number of changes to the Essential Eight Maturity Model. [ + ]
Teradata completes IRAP assessment
Cloud database company Teradata has revealed that its VantageCloud product has been certified to handle government data up to the Protected level. [ + ]
Federal government to trial generative AI
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has revealed that the APS will next year conduct a six-month trial of Microsoft's GenAI-powered Copilot platform. [ + ]
A cybercrime was reported to ASD every 6 minutes in FY23
Australians reported a cybercrime to the ASD's ReportCyber service an average of once every six minutes during FY23, the agency's latest report shows. [ + ]
MPs form bipartisan group to promote AI regulation
The bipartisan Parliamentary Group of Friends of Tech Policy will seek to promote better regulation of AI and other emerging technologies. [ + ]
SailPoint completes IRAP assessment
SailPoint's Identity Cloud solution has been assessed under the IRAP program as being secure enough to manage government data up to the protected level. [ + ]
Zetaris offers big data predictions for 2024
Zetaris predicts the rise of 'confidential computing' to boost data protection and data virtualisation software to overtake outdated ETL methods. [ + ]
Australia signs the Bletchley Declaration at AI Safety Summit
Australia has put its name to new global initiatives to encourage the safe, ethical and responsible development of AI. [ + ]
Zimperium pursuing IRAP certification
Zimperium is developing a sovereign Australian Mobile Threat Defence capability, complete with IRAP certification. [ + ]
