Industry News
Queensland budgets $1 billion for whole-of-government tech overhaul
The Queensland Government has announced a $1 billion fund to drive a coordinated whole-of-government approach to investment in digital and IT systems. [ + ]
Data#3 appointed as preferred supplier on WA Government TIS panel
Data#3's appointment under the CUATIS2024 panel encompasses networking, data centre and hybrid cloud solutions. [ + ]
NSW Government announces Investment Delivery Authority
The Investment Delivery Authority aims to attract and accelerate major investment. [ + ]
Central Coast Council completes first remote sewer inspection
Central Coast Council has successfully completed a remote sewer inspection using a remote-controlled vehicle employing scanning technology from Emesent. [ + ]
Genetec updates its physical security SaaS platform
Genetec has announced new capabilities for its Security Center SaaS solution including expanded support for cloud-based surveillance cameras. [ + ]
ACSC releases advice on implementing SIEM and SOAR platforms
The ACSC says that implementing SIEM or SOAR platforms can greatly benefit organisations by collecting, centralising and analysing important cybersecurity data. [ + ]
Victoria Police deploys mobile app for officers
Victoria Police's new ePINS app allows for the rapid generation and issue of infringement notices directly from a frontline officer's mobile device. [ + ]
Riverina Water's digitalisation program a success
Riverina Water has reported extensive benefits from its Infor Cloudsuite Public Sector deployment. [ + ]
Superloop selected to provide comms infrastructure for Bradfield
Superloop has been named as the sole statutory infrastructure provider for Bradfield City Centre in Western Sydney. [ + ]
Bittium expands mobile comms solutions to iOS
Bittium has announced the expansion of its range of secure mobile communications software solutions to the iOS platform. [ + ]
Okta opens second Australian data centre
Identity services provider Okta has established a presence within AWS's Melbourne cloud region and launched its Enhanced Data Recovery service in Australia. [ + ]
AEMC drawing up new electricity connection rules to manage AI boom
New rules are under consideration to manage an expected influx of high-capacity data centres in coming years and concerns over how they would respond in a grid power outage. [ + ]
Last year was a record year for data breaches: OAIC
The OAIC reports that health service providers and the Australian Government again notified the most data breaches of all sectors in the past calendar year. [ + ]
US DoJ takedown shows Russian eCrime actors co-opted for state espionage
CrowdStrike says it supported the takedown of DanaBot, revealing links between eCrime and Russian state threat actors. [ + ]
Government investment framework moved to digital.gov.au
The Digital and ICT Investment Oversight Framework (IOF) is a collaborative life cycle approach ensuring comprehensive planning of digital solutions. [ + ]