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Our biggest investment ever - Sydney Data Centre Intellicentre 3
|This week, we announced our investment in Intellicentre 3 (IC3), our new purpose-built 33 megawatts (MW) data centre in Sydney in the suburb of Macquarie Park. When combined with our existing 10MW Intellicentre 2 (IC2) facility, forms a massive 43...
Macquarie Government WSU Cyber Security Scholarship Selection Underway
|I had the absolute privilege of meeting four exceptional students from Western Sydney University on Thursday last week. I was a member of the panel that was tasked with selecting the recipient of the Macquarie Government Cyber Security Scholarship ...
Macquarie Government Supports Decryption Initiative
|New legislation updates current intercept laws. Aidan Tudehope, Managing Director, Macquarie Government, commented today on draft legislation being prepared by the Australian Federal Government to allow access to encrypted data of suspected terrorist...
Government is in the Cloud: New Research Shows Government ICT Revolution Underway
|The Federal Government cloud policy has been successful in driving fundamental change, but there was more work to be done, according to a recent Ovum study commissioned by cloud services provider Macquarie Government. The survey found there has been...
Cyber Security, Community Fear and Maintaining Trust – a Rare Insight into Duncan Lewis, an Australian Security Czar
|ASIO Director General Duncan Lewis provided some rare and frank insights into his perspective on his job, false perceptions of and within government, international cyber security challenges and the balance of public interest and private rights in a r...
Managing Cloud Data Risks - Protected Cloud Certification
|Commonwealth agencies are responsible for managing the risk associated with the loss of any information they hold. All ICT systems used by Federal Government agencies in Australia are required to comply with common rules to ensure they are safe and s...
New Laws Crucial Step to Defend National Infrastructure from Cyber Attack
|New laws to protect critical infrastructure from malicious attack were a crucial step forward in protecting the nation’s economic nervous system from cyber attack, Macquarie Government Managing Director Aidan Tudehope said today. The passage of the...
Auditor General's Report - NSW Government Cyber Security Demands Urgent Action
|NSW Auditor General’s report calls for urgent action on cyber security Today’s NSW Auditor General’s report Detecting and Responding to Cyber Security Incidents focusing on the cyber security awareness of state agencies makes for sobering ...
Improving, But Work to be Done Yet: Chris Painter's Verdict on Global Cyber Awareness
|Chris Painter is a veteran attendee at the Munich Security Conference, so his reflections on the changed mood around cyber security at this year’s conference bear attention. the former US Cyber Co-ordinator, White House Cyber Security Adviser, FBI...
Former US Top Cyber Security Diplomat Chris Painter Comes to Canberra, Sydney, Warns of Escalating Cyber Threats
|Chris Painter, Former U.S. Top Cyber Security Diplomat From late February to March Macquarie Government are sponsoring a series of events with former top US cyber security diplomat Chris Painter presenting on the escalating cyber security threats ...