Small business grant program to fund cybersecurity research
21 August, 2020A new industry support program has been launched to recruit small businesses to fight against cyber threats by developing ambitious capabilities for the ADF.
CISA holds latest Cyber Storm
18 August, 2020 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency simulated a major attack on the nation's critical infrastructure in the latest Cyber Storm exercise.
Defence to bolster cyber training capabilities
14 August, 2020 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe federal government has detailed its $1.4bn commitment to improving Defence's cybersecurity training capabilities.
NSW Govt enlists MessageXchange for e-invoicing service
12 August, 2020The NSW Department of Customer Service has appointed MessageXchange to provide its e-invoicing solution to streamline procure-to-pay solutions.
Accedian Skylight network security
12 August, 2020Accedian Skylight-powered security from Vicom analyses network traffic and provides strong threat and illicit behaviour detection.
Protecting citizens' privacy in smart cities
10 August, 2020 by Neil LappageCouncils must formulate a policy on the use of video analytics early on to ensure that compliance is achieved, controls are standardised and ROI is achieved.
Strengthening Australia's cybersecurity ecosystem
07 August, 2020A better incident reporting scheme would be one way of reinforcing Australia's cybersecurity posture, says a Monash University criminologist.
Many agencies yet to fully implement DMARC
06 August, 2020 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingOnly two of 18 Australian Government agencies evaluated by Proofpoint have fully implemented DMARC anti-spoofing security protocols.
ACSC to hold cyber exercise for water sector
04 August, 2020 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe Australian Cyber Security Centre is inviting water and wastewater companies to register to participate in a two-day cybersecurity drill next year.
Government is losing the war against cybercrime
04 August, 2020 by Richard BergmanWe need more leadership and whole-of-government action to lift Australia's cybersecurity maturity and make us a harder target, says EY's Richard Bergman.
UK agency calls for "social contract" on data sharing
22 July, 2020 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingA UK government body has asserted the need for a "social contract" between citizens and the state covering ways in which citizen data is used and shared between agencies.
Australian enterprises lag in patching security flaws
22 July, 2020 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingAustralian businesses are significantly more likely than their global peers to have faced a security incident caused by an unpatched vulnerability, Cisco claims.
WA patient records leaked online
22 July, 2020 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingIn an embarrassing data breach for WA Health, sensitive medical records have been leaked online after being intercepted from an unsecured pager network.
Govt sector facing most security breaches
16 July, 2020 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingAustralian government and local authority organisations reported more data breaches than any other industry sector in the last 12 months, research shows.
ATO warns of myGov scam campaign
15 July, 2020 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingAttackers are sending spoof myGov message alerts that link to "worryingly legitimate" looking pages designed to mine victims' account login details.
