Category: ITnews

Suncorp elevates CIO to lead 'tech and ops'
09
Aug
2023

Suncorp elevates CIO to lead ‘tech and ops’ – Finance – Strategy – Cloud

Suncorp has unveiled a reorganisation that will see its chief information officer Adam Bennett elevated to lead a newly-created ‘technology…

CBA's IT services expenses track back over $2bn mark
09
Aug
2023

CBA’s IT services expenses track back over $2bn mark – Finance – Strategy – Cloud – Software

The Commonwealth Bank’s IT services expenses went back over $2 billion over the past year as cloud use and software…

Virgin Australia expands visibility
08
Aug
2023

Virgin Australia expands visibility – Networking – Software

Virgin Australia has expanded visibility across its stack, reducing time spent finding and resolving incidents and giving developers more time…

MOVEit hack spawned over 600 breaches
08
Aug
2023

MOVEit hack spawned over 600 breaches – Security

A hydra-headed breach centered on a single American software maker has compromised data at more than 600 organisations worldwide, according…

Google fails to end US$5 billion consumer privacy lawsuit
08
Aug
2023

Google fails to end US$5 billion consumer privacy lawsuit – Security

A US judge rejected Google’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit claiming it invaded the privacy of millions of people by…

EPA Victoria hardens security
08
Aug
2023

EPA Victoria hardens security – Cloud – Security

The Victorian environmental watchdog’s recent investments in staff cyber awareness, data leakage prevention and cloud environment controls align with its…

Starlink delivers internet to Nambucca Heads for railway station wi-fi
08
Aug
2023

Starlink delivers internet to Nambucca Heads for railway station wi-fi – Telco/ISP

Transport for NSW is trialling free wi-fi at Nambucca Heads station, delivered over Starlink low earth orbit (LEO) satellites. The…

China drafts rules for using facial recognition technology
08
Aug
2023

China drafts rules for using facial recognition technology – Security

China’s cyberspace regulator has issued draft rules to oversee the security management of facial recognition technology in the country. The…

SA Power Networks reduces high-severity cyber incidents
08
Aug
2023

SA Power Networks reduces high-severity cyber incidents – Security

SA Power Networks has reduced the number of cyber incidents it classifies as high-severity by automating its analysis of prior…

Bupa appoints Asia Pacific CIO
08
Aug
2023

Bupa appoints Asia Pacific CIO – Strategy – Training & Development

Bupa Asia Pacific has appointed Simon Birch as chief information officer (CIO), replacing interim CIO Jenny Watson. Simon Birch Watson…

Downer automates road repair planning
07
Aug
2023

Downer automates road repair planning – Software

Downer is using analytics to plan which road faults to prioritise repairing, which crews to dispatch and the most efficient…

North Korean hackers breached top Russian missile maker
07
Aug
2023

North Korean hackers breached top Russian missile maker – Security

An elite group of North Korean hackers secretly breached computer networks at a major Russian missile developer for at least…