The government wants the IT industry to introduce and manage an Australia-specific IT security skills accreditation and certification scheme. Fran Foo says it's a bad idea.
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.
When Leif Gamertsfelder called the Federal Government to task for only spending 32 cents per head of population on securing the nation's IT infrastructure he set off a slow burning fire in the nation's capital.
The federal government has unveiled plans to move towards an Australia-specific IT security skills accreditation and certification scheme. However, it wants the scheme to be driven, funded and run by the domestic IT industry.
Proposals for an Australian certification program for IT security skills seem unlikely to get off the ground with the industry favouring instead an audit of existing programs.
While most of the Australian press is going nuts analysing what proposed changes to media ownership laws might mean for their job futures, I want to look at a narrower question: could this pave the way for our first dedicated technology channel on free-to-air TV?
When it comes to matters of national security, you do not have the right to know.
The government wants the IT industry to introduce and manage an Australia-specific IT security skills accreditation and certification scheme. Fran Foo says it's a bad idea.
This is the second part of our Q&A series between IT Minister Daryl Williams and his political foe, Kate Lundy. To read Part I, please click here.
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