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Work on a computer network designed to enable coordination of responses in the event of a terror attack has stalled, leading to some fears about how the UK would cope.
Telecoms industry body the Communications Alliance has called on the government to support a lighter regulatory touch for broadband.
In an unknown location, a handful of Australia's best known companies and government agencies are undertaking secret tests in a mock cyberwar, as the country's infrastructure comes under attack in a simulated online war named Cyber Storm II.
A group of nine ISPs sent a letter to the ACCC accusing the telco of stifling competition and urging the regulator to throw its full force behind an investigation.
The world of IT security is in chaos, with CSOs seemingly on the front lines of a full scale global cyberwar being fought out by government hackers, botnet-controlling criminal gangs and compromised Web sites. Can we ever hope to keep networks safe in such an environment?
It looks like AusCERT and GovCERT have worked out their issues and are no longer stepping on each others' toes.
Government departments have shed their initial reluctance to use open source technologies, but the problem persists -- how do you determine appropriate usage?
Google's recently launched web browser, Chrome, will have to overcome a number of major obstacles before it can break the business ubiquity of Internet Explorer and counter the rise of Firefox.
Security researchers worked overtime in 2007, which turned out to be a nightmare for software vendors from day one.
Discovering how your favourite search engine protects your privacy is not an easy task, despite recent moves from the major players to make policies more transparent.
Can a national ID card protect Australians against terrorist attacks? And can citizens' details be protected by Public Key Infrastructure? We look at the types of hardware and software employed to combat terrorism, and how ports and other critical infrastructure are protected.
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The federal government has formally asked the Australian Communications Authority to investigate the feasibility of allowing state governments to jam mobile phone signals in jails.
Vodafone has called on the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to ease several regulations governing the Australian mobile phone industry.
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Google should come clean on datacentres
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