By Julian Bajkowski Australia’s troubled eHealth sector has been handed yet another negative appraisal after the Victorian Auditor General released a report cited “poor planning and an inadequate understanding of…
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Australian Local Governments facing global information security vulnerabilities
Industry analysis: Harry Cheung, Managing Director, Kaspersky Lab Asia-Pacific Social and political commentators have written volumes on the impact of globalisation on national economies and the way societies conduct business….
Kaspersky warns new ‘Red Star ATP’ targets governments
By Julian Bajkowski Leading independent online and computer security firm and research house Kaspersky Lab has cautioned that governments and public institutions are among the intended targets of a newly…
Doctors and DoHA hold eHealth crisis talks
By Julian Bajkowski The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has held crisis talks with the head of the federal Department of Health and Ageing, Professor Jane Halton, over the unprecedented walkout…
Doctors ready to pull plug on eHealth
By Julian Bajkowski Australia’s long and troubled efforts to create a functioning national system of electronic health and medical records system is once more close to collapse. The Australian Medical…
Canberra on high alert for Security in Government
By Staff Writers Australia’s pre-eminent public sector security gathering is primed to attract record numbers of delegates from federal state and local agencies and industry in Canberra on Tuesday, as…
Ruddock frets on cyber espionage funding
By Julian Bajkowski Former Attorney General and Opposition Cabinet Secretary Philip Ruddock has accused the Labor Government of piling extra work onto intelligence and security agencies but not sufficiently resourcing…
Feds launch NBN telehealth pilot
The $1.8 million Serving Older Australians NBN enabled telehealth project has been launched in WA to support the delivery of home care services. Federal Minister for Regional Communications Sharon Bird…
Verizon captures $15m gateway deal with Australian Federal Police
By Paul Hemsley The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has awarded international carrier and hosting giant Verizon a $15 million deal supply a “dual internet gateway service” that will act has…
Attorney General firmly spells out government cloud security policy
By Julian Bajkowski Federal Attorney-General, Mark Dreyfus QC has drawn a firm line in the sand over how government buyers can adopt cloud computing solutions by stipulating a comprehensive set…