Home Affairs digitises ‘authority to operate’ process for ICT systems – Security – Software
Home Affairs has digitised the process it uses to ensure relevant security controls are applied and kept up to date to protect information handled by…
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NSW Premier’s Department CISO exits – Security – Training & Development
The NSW Premier’s Department is to start looking for a new CISO following the departure of Adam Smith. Smith joined the state’s central policy agency,…
ANZ to set up group-wide data and analytics function, CDAO role – Financial Services – Software
ANZ Banking Group is setting up a group-wide data and analytics function and appointing a new C-level executive to run it. The function is being…
Inside Intel, CEO Pat Gelsinger fumbled the revival of an American icon – Hardware
Pat Gelsinger took the reins as Intel CEO three years ago with hopes of reviving the American industrial icon. He soon made a big mistake.…
NSW desktop review finds dearth of data breach policies – Security
A large number of entities subjected to the NSW mandatory data breach notification scheme are yet to publish a data breach policy, with councils among…
Defence to expand its Vera M365 environment – Cloud
Defence is set to expand its use of Microsoft 365 services over the next three years, building on a pandemic-era implementation of Teams known as…
The Australian Ballet sets ops platform to improve coordination – Marketing
The Australian Ballet has deployed a platform to coordinate all the teams and behind-the-scenes work needed to bring a production to life. The not-for-profit implemented…
Iranian hacker group aims at US election websites and media before vote, Microsoft says – Security
An Iranian hacking group is actively scouting US election-related websites and American media outlets as Election Day nears, with activity suggesting preparations for more “direct…
Apple opens bug program for cloud service underpinning Intelligence – Security
Apple has opened a bug bounty program for the compute service that underpins its Apple Intelligence service, offering up to US$1 million ($1.5 million). The…
TPG Telecom brings red and blue teams, partners under cyber CoE – Security – Telco/ISP
TPG Telecom has stood up a cyber centre of excellence in Sydney to focus on finding vulnerabilities in telco and IT equipment, developing exploits and…
ABS parked broader M365 Copilot trial due to ‘significant’ Lotus Notes legacy – Cloud – Hardware – Software
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) abstained from the recent government-wide Copilot trial, because much of its information is still stored in Lotus Notes, meaning…
CrowdStrike, Delta Air Lines suing each other – Security
CrowdStrike said it has now sued Delta Air Lines in US District Court in Georgia after a faulty software update prompted a global outage in…