Public hospitals in NSW have been operating below both state and federal cybersecurity minimum standards and would be unprepared to deal with a cyber-attack, a damning audit has revealed....
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US cloud, cyber and software firms have called on policymakers to unwind Australia’s data localisation laws and reconsider “sovereignty” goals, claiming the geo-bounding actually increases cybersecurity risks. AWS, Google...
Veteran cybersecurity academic Dr Jill Slay has been appointed by the federal government to lead an independent review of Australia’s critical infrastructure laws. The review — the first since...
Australia’s spy chief said hackers working for the Chinese government and military had probed Australia’s telecommunications network and critical infrastructure, warning on Wednesday of the potential for disruption to...
Britain plans to strengthen its public services’ defences against cyberattacks, requiring companies that provide services to private and public sector organisations such as the National Health Service to meet...
Australia has imposed sanctions and travel bans on North Korean entities and an individual believed to be stealing cryptocurrency and running IT work scams to fund the authoritarian state’s...
Federal agencies will be legally required to remove technology listed on a new government-wide “deny list” by the end of the month in response to increasingly complex threats of...
A landmark UN cybercrime treaty, aimed at tackling offences that cost the global economy trillions of dollars annually, was signed in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi by around 60 countries over...
Quantum computing is sounding less like a distant sci-fi dream these days, with the pace of investment and scientific advances bringing it closer to reality. These new quantum systems...
The federal government has appointed cyber veteran Jessica Hunter as Australia’s new Ambassador for Cyber Affairs and Critical Technology, a key role that links diplomatic, national security and industry...