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Home Affairs targets cyber security uplift with 'Project Eight'

Home Affairs targets cyber security uplift with 'Project Eight'

Looks to raise maturity and protection levels.
Ry Crozier Jan 19 2023 11:35AM Security
Home Affairs boss: Optus breach is not a model for policy debate

Home Affairs boss: Optus breach is not a model for policy debate

Unrepresentative of 'darker' threat types and risks.
Ry Crozier Oct 13 2022 7:19AM Security
Banks, Visa at odds over GDPR-like rules for Australia

Banks, Visa at odds over GDPR-like rules for Australia

Both oppose data localisation.
Kate Weber Sep 7 2022 12:44PM Security
Australian immigration processing needs 'big dollars' IT fix

Australian immigration processing needs 'big dollars' IT fix

Investment is still 'some way' off.
Ry Crozier Sep 3 2022 9:35AM Software
Home Affairs, ASIC, ACMA leave Global Switch data centre

Home Affairs, ASIC, ACMA leave Global Switch data centre

Under $115m 'securing sovereign data' project.
Justin Hendry Jul 19 2022 6:37AM Strategy
Digital passenger card integration incomplete when pulled

Digital passenger card integration incomplete when pulled

App in "hibernation" but work will continue.
Justin Hendry Jul 13 2022 12:37PM Software
Australia scraps digital passenger cards for international arrivals

Australia scraps digital passenger cards for international arrivals

Minister concedes app "needs a lot more work".
Justin Hendry Jul 4 2022 11:37AM Software
Border Force searched more than 40,000 devices in five years

Border Force searched more than 40,000 devices in five years

Exclusive investigation: Between 2017 and 2021.
Jeremy Nadel Jun 16 2022 12:00PM Security
Australia's ID systems 'deficient', unfit for online: review

Australia's ID systems 'deficient', unfit for online: review

Exclusive: Report urges greater use of biometrics, face verification.
Justin Hendry May 19 2022 7:05AM Strategy
Gov pledges to mandate IoT cyber security standards

Gov pledges to mandate IoT cyber security standards

Backs away from mandatory labels.
Justin Hendry May 13 2022 1:08PM Security
Accenture's $60m permissions capability platform gig excludes visas

Accenture's $60m permissions capability platform gig excludes visas

Work order yet to eventuate.
Justin Hendry Apr 21 2022 6:55AM Strategy
Gov looks to close data security 'gaps' with new action plan

Gov looks to close data security 'gaps' with new action plan

After flurry of recent reforms.
Justin Hendry Apr 6 2022 12:06PM Strategy
More cops to start using national real-time criminal intelligence system

More cops to start using national real-time criminal intelligence system

"Late adopters" to come onboard before end of 2022.
Justin Hendry Apr 5 2022 7:00AM Strategy
Global tech talent visa intake halved amid skills shortage

Global tech talent visa intake halved amid skills shortage

Budget 2022: Visa program slashed.
Justin Hendry Mar 30 2022 7:00PM Training & Development
NSW ICAC asks for decryption and disruption powers

NSW ICAC asks for decryption and disruption powers

Asks for end to 'patchwork' of legislation.
Jeremy Nadel Mar 23 2022 12:15PM Security
Home Affairs downplays gov data 'gaps' in critical infrastructure regime

Home Affairs downplays gov data 'gaps' in critical infrastructure regime

Existing protections to continue.
Justin Hendry Mar 23 2022 6:56AM Cloud
NSW Police issues first coercive notice under encryption-busting powers

NSW Police issues first coercive notice under encryption-busting powers

As assistance requests continue to grow.
Justin Hendry Feb 16 2022 12:33PM Security
Border Force defends temporary phone seizures at checkpoints

Border Force defends temporary phone seizures at checkpoints

And the ABF will probably do it again.
Jeremy Nadel Feb 16 2022 8:09AM Security
Digital passenger declarations ready for border reopening

Digital passenger declarations ready for border reopening

Platform launches this week, but arrivals cards remain some way off.
Justin Hendry Feb 14 2022 2:14PM Software
Home Affairs says end-to-end encryption is detrimental to public safety

Home Affairs says end-to-end encryption is detrimental to public safety

"Not striking the right balance between the benefits and the risks of harm".
Justin Hendry Feb 2 2022 6:44AM Security

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