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Urgent: On-going International computer virus WannaCry: What to know, what to do.
|International computer virus ‘WannaCry’ causing havoc. Over the weekend news broke about a global cyber security emergency that has impacted hundreds of tho...
Better national cyber security laws - Data Breach Notification Bills
|The long-awaited passage of mandatory breach notification laws was welcome and an important step in giving confidence to people in the digital age, Macquarie Te...
People Power - Macquarie Telecom Group Unveils New Brand
|Embargoed 12.01am Thursday 28 July Macquarie Telecom Group today unveiled its new brand, reflecting the evolution and strengths of the business. “This is not ...
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 ...
Cyber Security Standards and Definitions are Required to Lift NSW Government's Cyber Security Capability
|A common NSW Government cyber security foundation is required. It’s been said that you can’t improve what you can’t measure, and it holds just as true for cyber security standards measures. Similarly, you can’t measure what you haven’t ...
Critical Intel, AMD and ARM Processor Vulnerability, Cyber Security Impacted
|Over the last 48 hours, details of two critical hardware vulnerabilities Spectre (CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5715) and Meltdown (CVE-2017-5754) emerged that impact the majority of computers running Intel processors (Spectre and Meltdown), AMD and AR...
Turning Canberra into a digital hub
|The Government has set its sights on making our national capital a global digital hub. Through initiatives such as Digital Canberra, developing a cloud computing-friendly environment, and harnessing the city’s technology-focused entrepreneurs and i...
Will 2017 be an inflection point for the Australian Government's digital transformation?
|Recently I pondered whether 2017 would be remembered as the Australian Government’s inflection-point year for digital transformation and cyber security. As I mulled this over it became clear that this year may indeed be the inflection point – a y...
Cloud entrepreneur and technologist to head Macquarie Government Cloud business
|Macquarie Government has appointed experienced entrepreneur and technologist Bart Thomas as General Manager, Government Cloud, a key leadership appointment in its rapidly growing built-for-government cloud business. “Bart’s appointment fills a ke...