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  • Hackers target Ruddock's department

    The federal Attorney General's Department has weathered more than one million hacking attempts over the last four years, its chief information officer said.

  • Defence powers up CIO role

    The Department of Defence has flagged plans to significantly beef up the powers of its chief information officer role as part of a wide-ranging review that culminated in the release of its Defence White Paper 2009 over the weekend.

  • IT governance in anti-terrorist spotlight

    IT managers and senior executives at organisations responsible for Australia's "critical infrastructure" will next year get tighter guidelines about managing their corporate information networks and IT security.

  • Ex-cybersecurity czar issues gloomy report card

    This year alone, cyberattacks have shut down an ATM network, slowed the railroads, cancelled airline flights, and forced a nuclear power plant offline. If current trends continue, the cybersecurity situation will worsen exponentially.

  • Corporate security gets urgent

    There's a new resolve among IT managers to protect Internet infrastructures. But does technology really have a chance against large-scale cyberattacks?

Blogs (1)

  • Read the blog post - Liam Tung

    Kevin Rudd is a cyber agent of KAOS

    This week the Australian online banking system was tested by an agent of KAOS Kevin Rudd and his $10 billion dollar fiscal package that, as Agent 86 would say, "missed it by that much" on knocking out the banking system.

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    It was interesting to witness Conroy's recent enthusiasm to spruik the NBN's role in supporting the Smart Grid, Smart City initiative. What a pity that Conroy hadn't yet seen the damning report from the Victorian auditor-general about that state's smart-meter roll-out.
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    In the second of our two programs looking at the Senate Inquiry into the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment Bill, we hear from shareholders, bureaucrats and industry groups.
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    One year into its tenure, how has the new New Zealand Government performed on issues of technology and telecommunications?
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