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On 1 November 2021, the Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) and Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) jointly announced the government’s new Cyber Hub programs. As the delivery mechanism of the Hardening Government IT (HGIT) initiative, establish...

A Security Operations Centre (SOC) is an essential component of every Government agency’s cybersecurity effort. A SOC monitors an agency’s IT environment for suspicious events, detecting and responding to threats and attacks. Government SOCs also...

According to the Australian Cyber Security Centre’s latest Annual Cyber Threat Report, State governments reported the second-highest number of cyber security incidents; our police force, hospitals, schools and all agencies delivering critical servi...

The ACSC “Essential 8” is a set of IT strategies to establish baseline protection against cyber threats. Essential 8 cyber security is only the minimum subset of the ACSC’s Strategies to Mitigate Cyber Security Incidents – hence the “Essent...

Cybr5 Pty Ltd (parent entity of Cocoon Data Holdings Pty Ltd) dispute. We are constantly scanning Australia and across the world for the best products that can support our Government customers. Sometimes vendors change direction, approach and ownersh...

We are proud to announce a major investment we are making in the New South Wales cybersecurity and digital economy as well as strengthening Australia’s sovereign cybersecurity capability. Purpose-built for cybersecurity and government sovereign sup...

Macquarie Government’s partnership with CSO group to deliver SOC and SIEM. We are excited to announce that Macquarie Government has partnered with CSO group to deliver a fully managed Security Monitoring Service, Security Operations Centre (SOC) an...

18 June 2021 – Australia’s Minister for Defence, The Hon. Peter Dutton MP, today officially unveiled Intellicentre 5 Bunker (IC5), highlighting it as critical infrastructure supporting Australia’s data sovereignty, national cyber security and d...

The Australian Government can strengthen its environmental credentials through utilising green data centres, but what are green data centres, and how can they reduce government carbon emissions? Data centres and cloud computing reduce carbon emission...

13 May 2021, Macquarie Telecom Group (ASX: MAQ) has welcomed the publication of the 2021-22 Federal Budget, particularly its focus on building critical infrastructure, bolstering cyber security in Australia and expanding much-needed digital skills. C...