Human error leading cause of govt data breaches: OAIC
02 February, 2021 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe OAIC found that human error accounted for a rising proportion of data breaches in July–December, including the largest proportion of government breaches.
Govt made 33 breach notifications in six months
02 February, 2021 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe government entered the top five list of organisations filing data breach notifications for the first time during the past six months.
Department of Defence renews archTIS software subscription
25 January, 2021The Department of Defence has renewed its annual software subscription licence for the NC Protect product through archTIS subsidiary Nucleus Cyber.
Biden commits US$9bn to addressing cybersecurity "crisis"
19 January, 2021 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingUS President-elect Joe Biden has announced US$9bn in funding for an initiative aimed at improving cybersecurity across the federal government.
UK Police blame "human error" for record deletion
19 January, 2021 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe UK Police National Commissioner has attributed the accidental loss of 150,000 police records from the Police National Computer on a coding error.
US CISA launches cyber-risk initiative
19 January, 2021 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's National Risk Management Center has a new taskforce aimed at building a cyber-risk measurement framework.
NASCIO unveils 2021 US federal advocacy priorities
18 January, 2021The US National Association of State Chief Information Officers is calling for harmonised federal cybersecurity regulations in its 2021 federal advocacy priorities.
Interview: Budd Ilic, Zscaler
18 January, 2021 | Supplied by: Zscaler Australia Pty LtdIn our annual Leaders in Technology series, we ask the experts what the year ahead holds. Today we talk security and cloud with Zscaler's Budd Ilic.
US GSA to remove most drones from procurement list
14 January, 2021 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe US General Services Administration plans to remove most drones from its procurement contract list due to the dominance of Chinese manufacturers.
Service NSW slammed in security audit
13 January, 2021 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe NSW Auditor-General has identified a number of shortcomings in Service NSW's handling of personal data prior to and after two breaches last year.
US passes .gov migration legislation
12 January, 2021 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe US government has passed legislation designed to facilitate increased adoption of the .gov domain at all levels of government.
Best of 2020: Agencies score poor marks again in security audit
30 December, 2020 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingAustralian government agencies are still showing very poor levels of compliance with the requirement to adopt the Essential Eight threat mitigation strategies.
Best of 2020: Govt sector second most targeted in Australia
28 December, 2020 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingAustralia's government sector was the second most targeted industry sector by cyber attackers during 2019, according to NTT.
ACSC updates IRAP program
18 December, 2020 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe Australian Cyber Security Centre has updated the Information Security Registered Assessor Program with new requirements for assessors.
ACSC warns of SolarWinds Orion compromise
17 December, 2020 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe ACSC is urging organisations to immediately patch instances of the SolarWinds Orion monitoring software after it was compromised in a state-sponsored attack.
