ABS runs six-month IT environment hardening before census
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has engaged “significant” outside support to harden its broader IT environment ahead of the national census in mid-August. The program…
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California sues 23andMe over large 2023 data breach
The genetics testing company 23andMe is being sued by California Attorney General Rob Bonta, over a 2023 data breach that exposed genetic and other personal…
Telstra restructure reunites IT and networks
Telstra is once again bringing its IT and networks together under a single function and executive, elevating Kim Krogh Andersen as the combined leader. The…
ACCC greenlights Superloop, Lynham separation plan
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has approved a structural separation plan that will allow Superloop to complete its $165 million acquisition of rival, Lynham…
Gov urges agencies to fix security basics before buying into frontier AI
The federal government has told its agencies that the answer to frontier artificial intelligence (AI) compressing attack timelines from days to hours is to fix…
Telstra’s learning platforms not delivering for Connected Future 30 plan
Telstra is moving to use AI to radically scale up and overhaul its approach to workforce training to meet the aims of its ambitious five-year…
Transurban to run more of its customer service out of Amazon Connect
Transurban is progressively unifying all of the channels it uses to interact with customers under a service system transformation that is now into its third…
Microsoft trials automatic device isolation from network in Defender for Endpoint
Microsoft this month added capability to automatically cut off devices from networks in its enterprise Defender for Endpoint extended detection and response platform, with the feature…
Australian cyber teams test data security controls after Court transcriptions offshored
The Federal Court of Australia has brought in CyberCX to test data and security controls of the technical platform used for transcriptions after some of…
Gamma invests to make Australian expansion a success
Gamma is one of the largest telecommunications providers in the United Kingdom and European Union. Boasting a strong position in those markets, the company is…
CrowdStrike, Google slay ‘unkillable’ Glassworm botnet targeting devs
Security vendor CrowdStrike said it has taken down the command and control (C2) channels used by the operators of the Glassworm botnet that has targeted…
Australia Post is co-developing two ML models to prioritise its incident queue
Australia Post is working with a startup called Alpha Level to co-develop and production test two machine learning models that can help it to prioritise…