Richard Chirgwin

Richard Chirgwin is a veteran of Australia's tech press, covering IT, telecommunications, security, networking, and protocols. Prior to iTnews, he worked at The Register for 9 years.

Recent articles by Richard Chirgwin

QUT attack breaches data of 11,405 individuals

QUT attack breaches data of 11,405 individuals

Extent of Royal attack revealed.
Richard Chirgwin Feb 6 2023 12:05PM Security
Vocus buying Challenge Networks

Vocus buying Challenge Networks

Adds private mobile networking to its business.
Richard Chirgwin Feb 6 2023 11:48AM Telco/ISP
Atlassian patches Jira authentication vulnerability

Atlassian patches Jira authentication vulnerability

Attackers can impersonate legitimate users.
Richard Chirgwin Feb 6 2023 11:38AM Security
AMA says health data needs better protection

AMA says health data needs better protection

People need protection from tech companies, insurers.
Richard Chirgwin Feb 6 2023 6:50AM Strategy
F5 working to patch BIG-IP API bug

F5 working to patch BIG-IP API bug

Denial of service, possible code execution discovered by Rapid7.
Richard Chirgwin Feb 6 2023 6:50AM Security
Defence Housing Australia plans network upgrade

Defence Housing Australia plans network upgrade

Looks to SD-WAN.
Richard Chirgwin Feb 6 2023 6:45AM Networking
NSW and federal governments partner on digital IDs

NSW and federal governments partner on digital IDs

Open respective digital wallets to carry more credentials.
Richard Chirgwin Feb 2 2023 11:47AM Software
ASD kicks off cyber security recruitment push

ASD kicks off cyber security recruitment push

Including offensive cyber ops.
Richard Chirgwin Feb 2 2023 7:15AM Training & Development
University of Sydney on the lookout for a CIO

University of Sydney on the lookout for a CIO

Seeking replacement for Trevor Woods.
Richard Chirgwin Feb 1 2023 6:35AM Strategy
myGov report warns against digital ID fragmentation

myGov report warns against digital ID fragmentation

States outpacing the Commonwealth.
Richard Chirgwin Jan 31 2023 4:25PM Strategy
Aussie Broadband increases its backbone capacity

Aussie Broadband increases its backbone capacity

Trials Telstra Wholesale 400Gbps links.
Richard Chirgwin Jan 31 2023 11:40AM Networking
Australia's first cyber ambassador moves on

Australia's first cyber ambassador moves on

Wrapped up at the end of last year.
Richard Chirgwin Jan 31 2023 11:40AM Strategy
Swinburne University's CISO leaves for Gartner

Swinburne University's CISO leaves for Gartner

After almost three years.
Richard Chirgwin Jan 30 2023 12:20PM Strategy
BlueScope continues its ERP modernisation

BlueScope continues its ERP modernisation

Lays out new phases of work.
Richard Chirgwin Jan 30 2023 12:18PM Software
Tyro gives takeover suitor four weeks to improve its offer

Tyro gives takeover suitor four weeks to improve its offer

Extra due diligence time for Potentia.
Richard Chirgwin Jan 27 2023 11:05AM Financial Services
Australian Digital Health Agency lands ACT Health's CIO

Australian Digital Health Agency lands ACT Health's CIO

Takes role vacated by Steven Issa.
Richard Chirgwin Jan 27 2023 6:55AM Strategy
VMware logging software gets security patch

VMware logging software gets security patch

Two critical RCEs among vRealize Log Insight fixes.
Richard Chirgwin Jan 25 2023 12:20PM Security
Quantum computers won't break RSA encryption any time soon

Quantum computers won't break RSA encryption any time soon

Fujitsu simulation finds Shor’s algorithm still too hard to run.
Richard Chirgwin Jan 25 2023 12:15PM Security
Telstra Health hunts for new CTO

Telstra Health hunts for new CTO

Retirement creates opportunity.
Richard Chirgwin Jan 25 2023 6:36AM Strategy
AWS opens Melbourne region

AWS opens Melbourne region

Three availability zones across city.
Richard Chirgwin Jan 24 2023 11:32AM Cloud

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