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.
Review: SecureDoc
SecureDoc is a disk encryption product that codes the entire hard disk, including operating system files and boot sector. Therefore it provides authentication of the user before the computer even boots up. It can also be used to encrypt all types of removable drives and media, including Flash cards. Although it can be installed in a password-only single-user environment, it provides an upgrade path to full enterprise-wide PKI and two- and three-factor authentication, integrating with third-party tokens.
ACCC takes Domain Names Australia to court
Review: Encryption Plus Email
One very important area of email security is encryption. Unless you are using leased lines or virtual private networks (VPNs) to transmit information, the moment an email leaves your firewall it is at the mercy of the internet. Emails can be intercepted and read without your even knowing about it, which poses a terrible risk for corporate information. However, encrypting the email does give you a high degree of reassurance.
PC Guardian provides a nifty little program called Encryption Plus Email that allows you to encrypt email body text and any attachments. The email product is very easy to install - full installation of the administration program takes less than a minute. The product is designed for individual use, so the administrator installs it on each workstation, then configures it centrally and rolls out the user files across the network. Encryption Plus Email is only available for Lotus Notes and Microsoft Outlook, but since these two cover a large proportion of companies this shouldn't be a problem.
Smile, you’re on Canberra camera
Natcomp brings Daewoo to Australia
IBM developer tools come to Australia
Australia gets a new VoIP player
Ex-Oracle boys bring NetSuite to Australia
Daisytek Australia in administration
