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Migration was the easy part. Defending the cloud bill is the hard part
|Azure cost management and resource optimisation in Australian government. Azure, Microsoft 365 and Dynamics are embedded across most Australian government agencies and treated as standard infrastructure. The Digital Transformation Agency’s new f...
Macquarie Government launches secure Microsoft Azure practice for state and federal agencies
|Macquarie Government brings managed cloud, cybersecurity and AI-ready capabilities to government customers as Microsoft’s investment in Australia accelerates Macquarie Government, part of Macquarie Technology Group (ASX: MAQ), today launched a n...
Email Isn’t Secure File Sharing. It Just Looks Like It Is
|For more than thirty years, email has been a trusted communication tool across business and government organisations. To this day, it remains one of the most widely used tools for sharing files. It’s familiar, fast and already embedded in how te...
Who has your file right now? The hidden gap in most sharing tools
|You’ve sent the file. It reached the intended recipient. In many organisations, file sharing is treated as a completed action. Once the document is sent, the task is considered done. But there’s a question that often goes unasked, and certa...
Why file sharing is still one of government’s biggest security risks (and how to fix it)
|In today’s digital environment, sharing files between organisations is part of everyday work. Documents are sent quickly, often without giving a second thought to what happens next. Within government, the information being shared is often sensit...
Macquarie Government and Trellix Partner to Strengthen Email & Network Security Across Australian Government
|Agencies will have simplified access (through Macquarie) to the Trellix platform, potentially speeding up deployment and reducing complexity in procurement. The agreement emphasises compliance and data-sovereignty: Trellix’s solutions already ob...
Government agencies get SASE on security and flexible working
|When COVID-19 struck, we quickly became grounded and more restricted in how we could move and travel, with the important exception of moving from the office to the home office for roles that could do so. But the same hasn’t been true for the app...
Demystifying Zero Trust for Government
|In Home Affairs recent publication of the 2023-2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy, they have stated “We will also draw on internationally recognised approaches to zero trust, aiming to develop a whole-of-government zero trust culture.” Furth...
PSPF Direction on cyber threat visibility
|In July, the Home Affairs Secretary issued a Direction under the Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF), supporting visibility of the cyber threat facing Australian government entities. The Direction, the third of three issued that day, requi...
PSPF Direction on Technology Risk Management
|In July, Home Affairs issued a Direction under the Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF) requiring Non-Corporate-Commonwealth Entities to conduct a stocktake and develop a Technology Risk Management Plan for all their internet-connected assets ...