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Committee recommends splitting controversial critical infrastructure bill in order to rush through step-in and mandatory reporting powers.

The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) recommendation to adopt a two-step approach to protecting Australia’s critical

The Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure Bill) 2020, in its current form, would reduce the reporting time given for a critical attack...

Ernst & Young (EY) Australia has announced it has acquired managed services provider SecureWorx for an undisclosed amount. Based in Melbourne, SecureWorx specialises in multi-cloud services, managed security operations and security advisory services for customers dealing with sensitive information. It also has 24/7 security operations managed services with government cleared staff and facilities. EY said the acquisition would strengthen its cybersecurity services offering in response to new man...

Big Tech Fights Bill That May See Govt Security Installed on Their Systems Google, Microsoft, and Amazon have unanimously fought to amend a proposed bill that could allow the Australian government to implant its own cybersecurity software onto the back of the big tech’s cloud systems. The Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure) Bill 2020 (pdf) seeks to build on existing legislation to fortify Australia’s critical infrastructure against cyber attacks, with the inclusion of c...

AWS flags concerns with Critical Infrastructure Bill AWS flags concerns with Critical Infrastructure Bill Concerned about government powers to gather information, issue directions or to directly intervene in an asset. Credit: ID 166316213 © Michael Vi | Dreamstime.com Cloud giant Amazon Web Services (AWS) has once again expressed its concerns with the governments Critical Infrastructure Bill, as it fronts up to the Parliamentary committee reviewing the proposed legislat...

Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) has scored $1.3 billion worth of funding in the federal budget.

By Justin Hendry on May 11, 2021 10:08PM Budget 2021: While govt cyber hubs get $18m. The federal government will provide $42.4 million to the Department of Home Affairs to secure critical infrastructure assets and help owners and operators respond to major cyber attacks. The funding, revealed in the budget on Tuesday, comes ahead of the introduction of the Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure) Bill 2020, which is currently before pa...

The Swinburne University of Technology has discovered sensitive data such as names, email addresses were leaked following a data breach.

Australian Cyber Security Centre Thank you ladies and gentlemen. Before I begin can I first acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which I meet with you, the Ngunnawal People, and pay my respects to their leaders past, present and emerging. I want to acknowledge their continuing connection and contribution to our land, waters and culture. I acknowledge that the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were Australia’s first explorers, first navigators, first engineers, first fa...