Australian Border Force faces SmartGate kiosks outage – Software
The Australian Border Force (ABF) is dealing with an outage impacting its SmartGate kiosks for passengers travelling internationally. The agency posted on X that it is “aware…
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The Critical Relationship Between CPS 230 and SaaS Security – Partner Content
Time is running out for Australian financial institutions to meet a critical regulatory deadline. Australian financial service providers are rapidly moving to comply with the…
Optus penalised $12m for Triple Zero failures – Telco/ISP
Optus and its subsidiaries were penalised $12 million for Triple Zero call failures during its major outage a year ago, as well as for not…
Monash University’s tech leader exits – Training & Development
Monash University will shortly lose its vice president of services Trevor Woods, a role that covered all aspects of technology oversight including cyber risk, digital…
NAB tech spending drives up capex – Cloud – Hardware – Security – Software – Financial Services
NAB spent $548 million on technology infrastructure during FY24 as part of its ongoing modernisation push. For the 12 months ending 30 September 2024, NAB’s…
Defence spent $90m on axed GEO satellite procurement – Networking – Telco/ISP
Defence spent about $90 million on a planned procurement of a geostationary earth orbit (GEO) satellite communications system before the process was halted earlier this…
Sydney hospital loses $2m to alleged BEC fraud – Security
A man has been charged with involvement in an alleged business email compromise (BEC) scam that cost a Sydney hospital $2 million. The 49-year-old man’s…
Cover Story: How HR became a strategic imperative – HR
Earlier this year, Digital Nation held its ‘Digital as Usual‘ breakfast event for HR, finance and marketing. The event combined C-suite level players to discuss…
Defence cancels GEO satellite comms tender – Telco/ISP
Defence has cancelled a multi-billion dollar tender process for a geostationary earth orbit (GEO) satellite communications system that Lockheed Martin was set to build. Image…
Strategic stitching across systems is the key to delivering exceptional student experiences at universities – Partner Content
Higher education is sometimes seen as a staid and conservative world where stuffy academics, researchers in lab coats and dreamy students wander around asking deep…
Trump expected to stop Google breakup – Strategy
Donald Trump will likely dial back some of the antitrust policies pursued under the administration of President Joe Biden, potentially including a bid to break…
Suncorp sets sights on new ERP – Software – Financial Services – Finance – HR
Suncorp is set to overhaul its enterprise resource planning (ERP) as part of an ongoing multi-year technology transformation program. The insurer is currently in the…