BoM returns to Cray for new $77mil supercomputer

Weather boffins get 1660 teraflop ultimate gaming rig.

22 July, 2015

Halton admits Finance will cede tech powers to Turnbull

Bets on for big shake-up of government technology in Budget.

9 March, 2015

Vendors float up to Turnbull’s G-Cloud

Di Data and Telstra spur-on highly secure local hosting.

24 November, 2014

ASIO accidently bugged itself says expanding spy watchdog

New surveillance powers increase workload.

16 October, 2014

Intelligence agency hiring too slow amid heightened terror alert

Intelligence agencies flooded with information

16 September, 2014

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 the annual Security in Government conference again sets out to tackle some of the most pressing issues challenging government. Having started out as a distinctly […]

12 August, 2013

Cyber risks need fresh eyes

By Julian Bajkowski One of Australia’s most trusted information security firms has warned that public sector organisations need to independently test their cyber-defences to prevent unwanted intrusions and malicious activity rather than relying on existing assumptions of their vulnerability levels. Saltbush Group senior consultant Geoff Rhodes, who is the immediate past chair of the federal […]

5 March, 2013

Trust in Apple security compared to Scientology

By Julian Bajkowski One of Australia’s leading computer security researchers has hit out against the popular notion that iPads and iPhones are more secure than their competitors, comparing the unswerving faith of Apple fans to the cult of Scientology. Speaking at the Security In Government conference in Canberra, the director of Edith Cowan University’s Security […]

5 September, 2012