Spotlight on Federal Government
Governments everywhere have come to realise that digital service delivery can be both more effective and less costly.
Which is why Australia’s Federal government established the Digital Transformation Agency to pave the way for an aggressive push into digital services.
iTnews has chronicled the resulting stream of new initiatives that change the way citizens and businesses work with government.
For this year’s benchmark we received entries from federal agencies detailing such efforts and showcasing how Canberra is not just talking technology, but using it to deliver outcomes that matter for Australians.
Personal data leaks 'worse in Australia than other regions'
Corporate data breaches - which can lead to identity theft - are occurring in Australia and without disclosure laws similar to those in the US those affected will never know they are at risk, claim Gartner analysts.
Aug 16 2007 1:15PM
Security
Encryption is the last defense for data in a digital world
We used to live in an analog world. We played records, radio stations had static interference, we flattened out dollar bills to work in vending machines and we anguished over hanging chads. Sure, everything was converted into bits and bytes in the end, but the world we interacted with was a physical one.
Apr 12 2007 4:12PM
Security
