Services Australia seeking ADHD recruits after outsource cull Career Matters If the workforce should reflect the community, the boss just got a mirror. Broader mindsets make for more inclusive employment options.
Time to kit-up for tech diplomacy, reckons ASPI May 10, 2024 By Julian Bajkowski 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.
PM’s right-hand man unpacks whole-of-nation security mission April 11, 2024 By Melissa Coade Defence Chief mandarin Glyn Davis that scrutiny and accountability were equal in weight to the importance of national security services.
Oxford digital dons vs Russian elektro-mafia: Australia stakes its claim in cyber’s geopolitical name-and-blame game April 11, 2024 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology Cyber is officially out of the shadows. Attacks attributed to a commissioning country is the new trend. Add 25% for fingerprints and FaceID.
Premium Case studies ATO Protego audit deftly navigates around what we don’t need to know February 14, 2024 By Julian Bajkowski Community & Social Would you steal money knowing you’d be caught? There’s an app for that. But let’s face it, online epidemiology has its limits.
Premium Case studies Whodunnit? Australia joins the geopolitical name-and-shame cyber games January 25, 2024 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology The real value of the new sanctions is that they draw a line in the sand over cyber shakedowns and extortion.
ASD issues highest-level warning over ownCloud exploitation November 29, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology Malicious actors are mounting epic spray-and-pray sprees; fresh Netscaler critical advisory for Australia lands minutes later, says the ASD.
Premium Insights and analysis Microsoft positions to become the default platform for Australian government October 25, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology With AUKUS and AI prompting a top-level rethink, Microsoft reinvests annual revenue in local infrastructure to wash away tax minimisation and competition blues.
‘Systems of National Significance’ numbers double under critical infrastructure cyber crackdown September 10, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology The grace period to comply with strict new cyber-protection measures has ended. Designated businesses are subject to take-over powers.
Pride is part of the the APS story, Gallagher signals more prominent role for commission September 1, 2023 By Melissa Coade Community & Social Katy Gallagher has used the official opening of a ‘Spirit of the Service’ exhibit to share some of her high-level ambitions for the APSC.
Premium Insights and analysis Big four consultancy scandals born of APS tech skills abandonment August 21, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Federal The lines between consulting firms, outsourcers and vendors have been blurring for a decade.
Air Force’s readiness chief sent into Home Affairs to fortify response to ‘cyber scumbags’ June 23, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology Two-star Hercules pilot Darren Goldie is at the ready as the national agency and critical industry cat-herder in chief.
Ransomware thugs paying influencers to flaunt their brand tattoos: ACSC June 18, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology Russian-speaking ransomware mobsters LockBit is paying people to get their brand tattooed on them and offering million-dollar bounties.
Canberra’s 90 new electric buses UN cyber-certified, Chinese manufacturer says June 1, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Federal The ACT government has ordered 90 Chinese-made Yutong ‘E12’ vehicles as part of its non-fossil fuel fleet replacement.
Five eyes, ASD expand warnings on 5G to rope in ‘smart cities’ and IoT April 20, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology Smart, super-connected cities and communities are still hot, but for all the wrong reasons, say cyber defenders.
