The $23.4 million difference has now been clarified by the Department of Home Affairs as something previously announced as part of the federal government budget and it will go to the Cyber Wardens program, which is expected to support approximately 20,000 small businesses over the life ...
"From tomorrow, Australia will have an Information Warfare Division within the Defence Department," Tehan told the press. "This is a result of the changing character of contemporary conflict. The division will have the responsibility for military cyber operations, military intelligence, joint electroni...
“The coordinator will be supported by the National Office of Cyber Security and dedicated resources from within the Department of Home Affairs and other Commonwealth entities, with capacity to surge further in the event of a cyber incident,” stated the Budget papers. $23.4 million over...
The announcement of an additionalAustralian Cyber Security Centrethat will bring industry expertise into collaboration with information security experts from organisations such as the Department of Defence (DoD), the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, the Australian Federal Police, and the Australia...
The Cyber Security Growth Network's CEO wants to make it easier for Australian cyber firms to enter international markets without having to relocate. Australian Department of Health using blockchain for medical research records Australian secure cloud provider Vault Systems and blockchain startup Agile...
10 August 2016 update: the census was affected by a cyber-attack, despite ABS's assurances that it was well-prepared.1 March 2019 update: researchers reported a major flaw in census security that existed at least since 2017 and can let attackers to re-construct and reveal large parts of ...
Dutton, whose home affairs department consists of Australia's national law enforcement, security and criminal justice agencies, has previously complained that the ASD is too limited within Australia. He said that potential changes to the ASD's remit would give agents the power to conduct online sea...
The Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) is governed and administered by the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC). IRAP provides the framework to endorse individuals from the private and public sectors to provide cyber security assessment services to the Australian government. Endo...
Cybersecurity There are a number of proposed changes. Reduce the time period for the mandatory reporting of data breaches after an entity becomes aware there are reasonable grounds to believe there has been a notifiable data breach to: the OAIC, to 72 hours; and to individuals as soon as pra...
ASD helping government and industry with cybersecurity follows the agency, alongside Attorney-General's Department (AGD), saying earlier this month that while the pair sets directions on how to follow some of the Essential Eight mitigation strategies, cybersecurity is actually theresponsibility of each...