The Ministry of Defence has admitted losing the details of 600,000 people after the theft of a laptop from a Royal Navy officer in Birmingham last week.
Australia's Department of Defence is midway through the process of deploying hard disk encryption technology to its entire fleet of 25,000 laptops, it was revealed today.
The Defence Signals Directorate has completed its evaluation testing for hardware encryption to protect government PC and laptop hard drives.
Australian Privacy Commissioner, Karen Curtis, has reiterated her organisation's call for mandatory reporting of major data security breaches to the Australian Law Reform Commission as part of its review of Australian privacy laws.
Previously, submarines could not be reached when they were deep underwater on operations. A new integrated satellite sonar system will allow submarines to be contacted by commanders all over the world, regardless of their location.
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How do four of Australia's largest government agencies protect their networks from attackers? To find out, ZDNet.com.au went to Canberra and spoke to the CIOs of Customs, Centrelink, Defence and the Australian Tax Office.
While encryption software might protect your organisation's data if a laptop is stolen, preventing the laptop from walking away in the first place is your best line of defence.
The shadow minister for information technology, Kate Lundy has accused the federal government of neglecting electronic security issues within the administration.
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