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

TPG sells towers, rooftop sites for $950 million

TPG sells towers, rooftop sites for $950 million

OMERS takes over more than 1200 sites.
Richard Chirgwin May 9 2022 12:47PM Telco/ISP
Aruba publishes patches for 21 security bugs

Aruba publishes patches for 21 security bugs

Three allow remote takeover of management systems.
Richard Chirgwin May 6 2022 12:49PM Security
Northrop Grumman's ADF satellite tender consortium takes shape

Northrop Grumman's ADF satellite tender consortium takes shape

Vocus brings fibre comms to the bid.
Richard Chirgwin May 6 2022 12:40PM Telco/ISP
Federal Court puts cyber security onus on financial services firms

Federal Court puts cyber security onus on financial services firms

RI Advice to pay $750,000 and secure its systems.
Richard Chirgwin May 5 2022 1:00PM Financial Services
TPG CEO joins calls for tech giants to pay more for bandwidth

TPG CEO joins calls for tech giants to pay more for bandwidth

Claims under-pressure telcos can't keep up with investment.
Richard Chirgwin May 4 2022 2:40PM Telco/ISP
Aruba, Avaya switches susceptible to remote takeover, patches on the way

Aruba, Avaya switches susceptible to remote takeover, patches on the way

TLStorm 2.0 could hit millions of devices.
Richard Chirgwin May 4 2022 12:19PM Security
Industry should share workers to plug skills gap: Telstra exec

Industry should share workers to plug skills gap: Telstra exec

Gig economy a model for future telcos.
Richard Chirgwin May 4 2022 10:30AM Training & Development
NCI unveils Nirin edge cloud

NCI unveils Nirin edge cloud

Big iron in smaller slices.
Richard Chirgwin May 3 2022 12:19PM Cloud
Bupa CIO takes health services MD chair for now

Bupa CIO takes health services MD chair for now

Executive search in train.
Richard Chirgwin May 3 2022 12:09PM Training & Development
Optus repeats calls for OTT services to pay more

Optus repeats calls for OTT services to pay more

So-called “free-riders” distort investment.
Richard Chirgwin May 3 2022 11:25AM Telco/ISP
India mandates data breach notification within six hours

India mandates data breach notification within six hours

Also requires VPN customer registration.
Richard Chirgwin May 2 2022 12:13PM Security
BAE Systems Australia appoints a CIDO

BAE Systems Australia appoints a CIDO

Industry veteran returns from US for new role.
Richard Chirgwin May 2 2022 12:05PM Training & Development
iSelect restructures to create CTO role

iSelect restructures to create CTO role

Will help comparison site with its CDR response.
Richard Chirgwin May 2 2022 6:30AM Training & Development
NSW gov lays out $50m plan for mobile tower sharing

NSW gov lays out $50m plan for mobile tower sharing

Testing competing models ahead of $250m rollout.
Richard Chirgwin Apr 29 2022 11:38AM Telco/ISP
CBA staff mastering cyber security in UNSW pilot

CBA staff mastering cyber security in UNSW pilot

SECedu program a gateway to a full masters.
Richard Chirgwin Apr 28 2022 10:57AM Security
Cisco Umbrella users urged to close bug

Cisco Umbrella users urged to close bug

Static SSH key lets miscreants steal admin credentials.
Richard Chirgwin Apr 22 2022 12:01PM Security
Atlassian patches auth bypass in Seraph

Atlassian patches auth bypass in Seraph

Third-party apps also affected.
Richard Chirgwin Apr 22 2022 11:05AM Security
When AWS fixed Log4Shell, it created new vulnerabilities

When AWS fixed Log4Shell, it created new vulnerabilities

Container escape, privilege escalation.
Richard Chirgwin Apr 22 2022 6:49AM Security
Konica Minolta responds to pandemic with hybrid workplace

Konica Minolta responds to pandemic with hybrid workplace

Changes will be permanent, says CIO.
Richard Chirgwin Apr 22 2022 6:47AM Cloud
UNSW, Adelaide Uni share in $50m tech research grant

UNSW, Adelaide Uni share in $50m tech research grant

Quantum, space, information warfare, robotics and space research funded.
Richard Chirgwin Apr 21 2022 12:13PM Strategy

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