The public sector is being urged to look at innovative savings and benefits instead of restrictive paywalls for access to public data.
Category: Cyber Security
Federal Attorney General validates private sector ID checks
Electronic efficiency flicks the switch for national verification-as-a-service.
Melbourne CBD junks parking meters for pay-by-phone technology
Mobile apps and related payments are quickly starting to eliminate the need for costly hardwired infrastructure as councils look for ways to increase convenience and deter risk takers when it comes to clipping the ticket.
Mobile fingerprint harvesting gets cold shoulder from cops
Neither police nor privacy protectors are keen on the prospect of keeping dabs on those not convicted of a crime.
Utility computing cutting across sectors
By Rob Forsyth* The change of government at the Commonwealth level will have no impact on the general move by the public sector toward greater acceptance of Cloud platforms to…
Sydney CBD boosts surveillance network with Moore CCTV
By Paul Hemsley City of Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore is looking to boost the number of closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras monitoring central streets as part of the council’s ongoing…
VIC Auditor flushes out hundreds of government IT security holes
By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski A new report from the Victorian Auditor-General’s Office (VAGO) has revealed the trigger for the Napthine government’s sweeping government-wide IT security strategy overhaul after…
DFAT biometrics panel spans across agency borders
By Paul Hemsley The federal government is looking to deepen its use of facial and voice recognition technology for producing and issuing travel documents through the Australian Passport Office (APO)….
Victoria gets serious on state cyber security
By Julian Bajkowski and Paul Hemsley Victoria has said it will become the first state to formally develop a whole-of-government Cyber Security Strategy to bolster its digital defences and keep…
Source code sunlight secures government trust says Eugene Kaspersky
By Julian Bajkowski The global computer security industry has spent at least a decade scaremongering and hyping-up the threat of Russian hackers and cyber-assailants through marketing and lobbying. So it…