TechRepublic

Is Australia’s Public Sector Ready for a Major Cyber Security Incident?

Is Australia’s Public Sector Ready for a Major Cyber Security Incident? Your email has been sent Australia’s public sector agencies are under increasing pressure to improve their readiness for cyber ...
TechRepublic

Australia Passes Groundbreaking Cyber Security Law to Boost Resilience

Australia's landmark Cyber Security Act has been passed, setting new standards for incident reporting, ransomware payments, and critical infrastructure protection. Australia passed its first-ever ...
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China-backed hackers targeting WFH Aussies

Beijing-backed hackers are targeting Australians who work from home and using their devices to unleash sprawling spyware on corporate systems. The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) on Tuesday ...
The Mining Journal

Cybersecurity soon a legal obligation in Australian mining

The Australian government has introduced its first standalone Cyber Security Bill, which — among other things — will require businesses to up their reporting standards and adhere to new regulations.
SDxCentral

ASD’s ACSC, CISA, FBI, and NSA, with the support of International Partners Release Best Practices for Event Logging and Threat Detection

Today, the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC), CISA, FBI, NSA, and international partners are releasing Best Practices for Event Logging and Threat ...
Reuters

Australia warns of malicious websites after cyber outage

SYDNEY, July 20 (Reuters) - Australia's cyber intelligence agency said on Saturday that "malicious websites and unofficial code" were being released online claiming to aid recovery from Friday's ...
Dark Reading

Australian Government Doubles Down On Cybersecurity in Wake of Major Attacks

The Australian government is carving out plans to revamp cybersecurity laws and regulations in the wake of a series of damaging high-profile data breaches that rocked the country. Government officials ...
SDxCentral

ASD’s ACSC, CISA, and US and International Partners Release Guidance on Choosing Secure and Verifiable Technologies

The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS). United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-UK). New Zealand’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NZ). Republic of Korea’s National ...
CSOonline

Australia’s first Cyber Security Act passes both houses

The Cyber Security Legislative Reforms proposed by the Australian federal government passed both houses on 25 November, during the last week of Parliamentary sittings. This follows a long process ...
Computer Weekly

Australia’s cyber security skills gap remains pressing issue

Australia’s cyber security skills gap continues to be a pressing issue that has led to a spate of data breaches, increasing the risk of future cyber security incidents, a study has found. According to ...
Computer Weekly

Australia’s cyber security spending to grow 11.5% this year

Australian organisations are expected to spend more than A$7.3bn on security and risk management products and services this year, an increase of 11.5% from 2023, according to Gartner. This will be led ...
Business Wire

Orca Security Achieves IRAP Assessment at PROTECTED Level, Bolstering Cloud Security for Australian Public Sector

PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Orca Security, the pioneer of agentless cloud security, today announced the successful completion of the Australian Information Security Registered Assessors Program ...