Time to kit-up for tech diplomacy, reckons ASPI Communications & Technology Routers and fast bandwidth become the hot new foreign currency as the nation’s tech providers are advised to hone their diplomatic skills.
Operation Ushanka? Federal police appeal for info over dead possum at Russian embassy July 6, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Federal A dead possum at the Russian embassy sees the fur literally flying. Who was the mysterious marsupial really working for?
Fresh warning issued on Russian military Fancy Bear elite hacking unit’s springtime forage April 19, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology An advisory by four US cyber security agencies warns that Russia’s state cyberhacker unit ‘Fancy Bear’ is active and looking for honey.
O’Neil centralises security clearances 50 years after Murphy-led raid on ASIO HQ March 31, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Federal Positive Vetting powers are being centralised within ASIO, but will be subjected to a more stringent external appeals process.
Premium Insights and analysis Former GCHQ cyber ops chief launches offensive on tech recruitment bias March 29, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Career Advice Sally Walker is out to demolish people’s inherent technology prejudices and assumptions. Self-skilled single mothers with PTSD should apply.
Premium Insights and analysis Dad leave becomes ASD’s less than secret weapon November 16, 2022 By Julian Bajkowski Careers ASD’s chief knows the agency can’t compete with the private sector on pay. How about no meetings before 9.30?
RAAF rolls out first Triton September 16, 2022 By Julian Bajkowski Defence The first of Australia’s remotely piloted long-range endurance MQ-4C surveillance aircraft, dubbed ‘Triton’, has been officially launched.
Neighbourhood threat: why there’s little appetite for a new Canberra Russian embassy August 19, 2022 By Julian Bajkowski Australian Capital Territory Few in intelligence believe the use-it-or-lose-it reason for the cancelling of the Russian embassy’s Yarralumla lease is the whole story.