The Australian Government has announced the appointment of Abigail Bradshaw as the new Director-General of ASD, effective 6 September. [ + ]

WA Police Force has unveiled one of Australia's largest technology tenders. [ + ]

Boomi has completed a reassessment of its entire enterprise platform under the Information Security Registered Assessors program. [ + ]

The appointment opens new avenues for Trustwave to directly provide cybersecurity services to the Department of Defence. [ + ]

R/GA’s Gen One Report finds government services are failing to engage Australia’s largest demographic. [ + ]

The federal government has released a new framework to guide the safe and responsible use of AI in the Australian Public Service. [ + ]

Fears are being raised in the US that Wi-Fi routers made by TP-Link could be used in cyber attacks. [ + ]

WA Police has expanded the PSCore application in use by field officers to provide better support services for victims of domestic and family violence. [ + ]

HPE has introduced behavioural analytics-based network detection and response capabilities to help safeguard against IoT-related threats. [ + ]

Dr Dennis Desmond of UniSC has created an AI-based virtual ecosystem to challenge his cybersecurity students in real-world cyber attack scenarios. [ + ]

A new NSW Government website aims to help people have respectful online conversations and mitigate cyberbullying for young people. [ + ]

The WA and Australian Governments are co-funding a trial of AI at eight WA schools to reduce lesson planning time so teachers can spend more time in the classroom. [ + ]

The Commonwealth Ombudsman has called on Services Australia to do more to protect Australians from myGov fraud after finding deficiencies in current processes. [ + ]

The NSW Government is preparing for the upcoming bushfire season with the rollout of new firefighting tankers and satellite technology. [ + ]

The CSIRO and Google plan to collaborate to promote and accelerate the use of AI among Australia's research community. [ + ]