ANZ expands ‘return to work’ program beyond tech – Finance – Training & Development
ANZ Banking Group has expanded its ‘return to work’ program, which started as a way to fill vacant technology roles, to now include more traditional…
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Australian National Maritime Museum hit by alleged ‘trusted insider’ attack – Security
Credit: Australian National Maritime Museum. A third-party IT contractor working at the Australian National Maritime Museum allegedly accessed its accounting system and “illegally changed bank…
Salesforce forecast, buyback plan allays activist concerns – Strategy – Cloud
Salesforce’s shares jumped 14 percent after the cloud-based software provider gave an upbeat full-year profit forecast and doubled its share repurchase program, placating activist investors…
US unveils new cyber security strategy – Strategy – Security
The White House announced a new cyber security strategy in the latest effort by the US government to bolster its cyber defences amid a steady…
Essential Energy maps out $200m tech investment – Strategy – Cloud
Essential Energy has laid out the details of a massive technology refresh, worth nearly $200 million in today’s dollars, that it plans to commence in…
APRA hunts for new chief data officer – Finance
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has a newly-created chief data officer role, reporting to executive director of technology and data Bruce Young. Young was…
Endeavour Group appoints new CIO – Training & Development
Endeavour Group has appointed the director of its innovation arm Claire Smith as its new chief information officer, following the departure of Judith Powell. Smith…
Visa, Mastercard pause crypto push – Strategy
Payment giants Visa and Mastercard are slamming the brakes on plans to forge new partnerships with crypto firms after a string of high-profile collapses shook…
NAB deploys in-app calling – Finance – Software
NAB is hoping customers that require support will increasingly initiate the contact from within their mobile banking apps – an authenticated channel – instead of…
US House panel approves bill giving Biden power to ban TikTok – Strategy
The US House Foreign Affairs Committee voted on Wednesday along party lines to give President Joe Biden the power to ban Chinese-owned TikTok, in what…
Westpac DataX to supply data to NSW government – Finance – Storage
Westpac DataX will provide de-identified credit card transaction data to support multiple NSW government agencies. DataX will support the NSW Data Analytics Centre with functions like…
Cisco ships critical fix for IP phones – Security
Cisco has published software fixes for multiple versions of firmware running on some of its IP phones. The company’s advisory covers two vulnerabilities affecting six…