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Large-scale hackathon returns in October 2020

31 August, 2020

Ethical hackers and investigators will reconvene across the country in 2020 for the National Missing Persons Hackathon, now an entirely online event.


Emerging cybersecurity threats affecting government

28 August, 2020 by Glenn Maiden

It's essential for government organisations to proactively manage security alongside remote access to facilitate effective remote working well into the future.


Small business grant program to fund cybersecurity research

21 August, 2020

A 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-Embling

The 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-Embling

The federal government has detailed its $1.4bn commitment to improving Defence's cybersecurity training capabilities.


Accedian Skylight network security

12 August, 2020

Accedian Skylight-powered security from Vicom analyses network traffic and provides strong threat and illicit behaviour detection.


NSW Govt enlists MessageXchange for e-invoicing service

12 August, 2020

The NSW Department of Customer Service has appointed MessageXchange to provide its e-invoicing solution to streamline procure-to-pay solutions.


Protecting citizens' privacy in smart cities

10 August, 2020 by Neil Lappage

Councils 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, 2020

A 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-Embling

Only 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-Embling

The 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 Bergman

We 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-Embling

A 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-Embling

Australian 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-Embling

In an embarrassing data breach for WA Health, sensitive medical records have been leaked online after being intercepted from an unsecured pager network.


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