Australian Signals Directorate

Chief mandarin Glyn Davis that scrutiny and accountability were equal in weight to the importance of national security services.

Cyber is officially out of the shadows. Attacks attributed to a commissioning country is the new trend. Add 25% for fingerprints and FaceID.

Cyber security coordinator Michelle McGuinness wants to position Australia as a ‘more cyber-resilient nation’.

Michelle McGuinness, one of the army’s most respected intelligence diplomats, has returned from Washington to take on the high-profile role.

ASD, AFP and other agencies and international partners have identified a Russian citizen and cybercriminal as having a role in the cyber attack.

Malicious actors are mounting epic spray-and-pray sprees; fresh Netscaler critical advisory for Australia lands minutes later, says the ASD.

O’Neil moves to build cyber support base before tougher reforms but bolsters government takeover powers for businesses under cyber attack.

Two key cybersecurity leadership positions are now benched on sidelines. Intrigues come amid drafting of potent new laws to intervene in outages.

The PM has announced a sweeping review of Australia’s National Intelligence Community and the government agencies comprising it.

Home affairs minister Clare O’Neil admitted Australia doesn’t “have the mechanisms in place” to adequately tackle cyber criminals and other nefarious actors.

The grace period to comply with strict new cyber-protection measures has ended. Designated businesses are subject to take-over powers.