A consortium composed of consulting firms McKinsey and KPMG has been appointed as the lead advisor for the government's $43 billion National Broadband Network project.
Representatives of Australian critical infrastructure providers have expressed concern that delivering information to the government under its amended National Broadband Network legislation could be costly and conflict with anti-terrorism rules.
The average salary of an Australian IT professional has risen over $5,000 in six months to hit $87,599 per annum, according to a survey conducted by ZDNet.com.au.
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.
Security companies have discovered that computers infected by the year-old Storm worm are being used to host phishing sites.
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.
The average annual salary of an Australian IT professional is currently $82,507, according to an extensive survey of the sector recently conducted by ZDNet.com.au.
If there is one eye-catching trend in Symantec's latest half-yearly Internet security threat report, it is that bots are upon us.
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Computing instructor Matt Basham's suggestions for improving Cisco Systems' official training manuals fell on deaf ears for years. But he appears to have the networking giant's attention now.
Although ZoneAlarm's personal security tools are better overall, McAfee Internet Security 2005 offers richer, more configurable tools than Norton.
The Netgear WG111 is one of the best all-around wireless USB adapters we've seen.
Despite McAfee's acquisition of SpamAssassin and other technologies, SpamKiller 6.0 is a muddle of an antispam app.
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Improved customer support and spyware detection once again make McAfee VirusScan a contender, but new users should opt for a combined antivirus and firewall package instead.
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