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Dealing with smarter and nastier Cyber attacks in 2017
|The first month of the year is usually when one tends to look back at the previous year, take some learnings and plan for a more successful outing, the same applies in the world of cyber security as well. Looking back at 2016, we can’t just help ke...
Census Review a Map to Strengthen Weak Cyber Links
|The recommendations in the review of the August Census failure represented a new approach to providing agencies with better support and advice as they transition to a digital world, Macquarie Technology Group Managing Director of Hosting and Governme...
Medium Sized Businesses and Government Agencies Weak Link in National Cyber Defence, New Research Shows
|The leadership of medium sized businesses and government agencies is falling dangerously short in understanding and managing cyber security, potentially creating risks across the economy and society, research released by the Macquarie Technology Grou...
Macquarie Government Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Mitigation Service
|The only time we’re proud to deny something to our customers. Security just got more streamlined. We already supply Secure Internet Gateway services to many government agencies in Australia. As such, we’re well placed to offer a range of Optional...
Clock Ticking for Cyber Security Laggards?
|International cyber breaches prompt the call for secure government action The Office of Personnel Management in the US sounds like an innocuous sort of agency. It is a kind of giant HR department for the US Government. The type of anonymous governmen...
Whole of Government Cyber Security Standards Must Lift
|Today’s revelations about the extent of cyber espionage attacks on the Australian Government showed any government agency could be a national security risk, no matter how small, Macquarie Government Managing Director, Aidan Tudehope said. Interconn...
Building a strong technology and cyber security capability for Australia
|In my last blog I put forward a 5 pronged approach to cyber security. There has been much discussion this week in Washington DC at the AU-US Cyber Security Dialogue about the third element – “Building a strong technology and security capability...
2016: The year focus on Cyber Security took off in Australia
|As I made the journey across to Washington DC for the inaugural Australia-US Cyber Security Dialogue, I reflected on just how much mileage there has been on the cyber security front in the last 6 months. I start the timeline in April when the Prime...
Macquarie Government at Washington DC Cyber Security Summit
|This week I am proud to be representing Macquarie Government in Washington DC as part of the Australian delegation to the inaugural Australia-US Cyber Security Dialogue. The dialogue – organised by the Australian Strategic policy Institute and its ...
Macquarie Government: Our Next Chapter
|I had the exciting pleasure in Canberra last month to launch our new Macquarie brands. In particular, I was thrilled to introduce Macquarie Government, our new brand solely focused on our government agencies. While we’ve been in Canberra for over a...