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 costs increased, and the bank…
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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 to work on new projects.…
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 to cyber analyst tallies corroborated…
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 secretly tracking their internet use.…
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 security program’s goal of going…
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 LEO satellite service was chosen…
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 Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC)…
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 incidents to help it find…
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 had been acting in the…
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 route to drive. Elton Shi…
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 five months last year, according…
NBN Co wants to create a “data-as-an-asset culture” – Software – Storage – Telco/ISP
NBN Co is standing up an ‘Artificial Intelligence and Data Academy’ and assembling what appears to be a new team to create a “data-as-an-asset culture”…