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WA govt taking weeks to remove system access for ex-staff: audit
Defence hands EY $10m for a five month job
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NBN Co says it conducts many audits of delivery partner "activities"
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Toll Group justifies ASD engagement times following ransomware attacks
Says it was preoccupied with the incident response.
Aug 2 2021 6:41PM
ACSC reinstates level zero maturity rating in Essential Eight
As controls become more strict.
Jul 15 2021 11:03AM
AWS, Google say cyber takeover laws could make incident response worse
'Partnership is what needs to happen here, not compulsion'.
Jul 8 2021 1:09PM
ASD chief pushes incident response takeover laws to avoid chasing attack victims
After unknown company refused assistance.
Jun 15 2021 3:46PM
ACSC scanning helped govt agencies avert MobileIron compromise
In one case by a matter of hours.
Jun 11 2021 7:00AM
Govt to mandate Essential Eight cyber security controls
For almost all federal departments and agencies.
Jun 9 2021 1:04PM
Prime Minister's department among agencies to fail cyber security audit
"Vulnerable" to attack without missing Top Four control.
Mar 22 2021 7:04AM
AWS secures former ASD cloud certifier as its national security head
Melissa Osborne exits Dell after 2.5 years as A/NZ sales CTO.
Jan 6 2021 7:04AM
Australian security agencies to build top secret private cloud
For improve data analysis, collaboration.
Dec 14 2020 12:32PM
COVIDSafe data 'incidentally' collected by intelligence agencies in first six months
But not decrypted, access or used, IGIS says.
Nov 23 2020 5:45PM
ASD says official history contract with ANU axed over creative differences
Tome went off-piste with inclusion of ancient events.
Oct 28 2020 9:25AM
ASD puts mass surveillance fears down to forgotten history
'Not all Aussies are the good guys'.
Sep 1 2020 12:16PM
Govt has never considered a bug bounty program, says ASD
Despite success overseas.
Aug 25 2020 12:44PM
ACSC steers govt cloud security path as market opens up
As centralised model gives way to self-assessment.
Jul 27 2020 1:02PM
Govt mulls stricter cyber security accountability for agencies
After years of apathy.
Jul 3 2020 12:33PM
Govt reveals $1.35bn investment in cybersecurity over next decade
After surprise hack threat warning a fortnight ago.
Jun 30 2020 6:28AM
Fed agencies cop mass fail in core systems cyber review
Just one agency gets 'essential eight' tick for financial, HR systems.
May 29 2020 1:59PM
From zero to hero: Geoscience Australia nears cyber resiliency
Closes in on ASD essential eight compliance after shocker audit.
May 22 2020 12:10PM
Aussie and US cyber spooks issue joint anti-web shell malware guidance
Atlassian products commonly exploited.
Apr 23 2020 10:07AM
ASD says cyber resilience still far too low across govt
Agencies still struggling to fully-implement top four.
Apr 21 2020 1:58PM
