Airservices Australia moves service desk to NRI – Strategy – Cloud – Software
Airservices Australia will spend $94 million on an expanded IT outsourcing arrangement that covers service desk in addition to cloud and end user compute. The…
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ASIC to implement new threat intelligence platform – Security – Software
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is to implement a new cyber threat intelligence platform following the receipt of recent federal funding. Joseph Longo,…
TfNSW to become largest user of NBN non-premises fibre – Telco/ISP
Transport for NSW has started a major modernisation of the telecommunications used to connect traffic lights and cameras, turning to NBN Co to upgrade connections…
Services Australia to run end-to-end architecture review – Software
Services Australia is set to kick off an end-to-end architecture review this year that will help it to determine a future path for several key…
Few AI deepfakes identified in EU elections, Microsoft president says – Software
Microsoft has not seen significant use of artificial intelligence in the European Parliamentary elections for creating disinformation campaigns, the company’s president told Reuters in an…
eHealth NSW chief Dr Zoran Bolevich departs – Training & Development
NSW Health chief information officer and eHealth NSW chief executive Dr Zoran Bolevich has left after a nine-year stint. Bolevich’s departure was foreshadowed last month…
APRA presses banks, funds to check backup storage and deletion controls – Finance – Cloud – Storage
Australia’s financial safety regulator has warned banks and other regulated entities to check their IT backups and admin permissions, in what appears to be a…
WA council found running entire IT infrastructure on one server – Hardware – Security
An unnamed Western Australian council has been running its entire IT system from a single physical server, with no vendor agreement on how it could…
Mining company IGO will use virtual reality to help find drill targets – Software
ASX-listed mining and exploration company IGO is building a virtual reality platform to help find drill targets at its nickel, copper and lithium exploration sites.…
Vic gov to consolidate cyber security buying power – Security
The Victorian government will seek economies of scale in the way it buys cyber security tools and services, via a new whole-of-government sourcing arrangement. Deputy…
Live Nation probing Ticketmaster hack – Security
Live Nation Entertainment finally confirmed it is investigating a data breach at its Ticketmaster unit that it discovered on May 20, the latest in a…
Ticketek discloses cyber incident on external cloud platform – Security
Ticketek Australia has disclosed a “cyber incident” impacting customer information that it says was stored in a third-party cloud environment. The ticketing company said the…