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How NSW Government Agencies can meet Essential 8
November 30 2021, by James Rabey |Category: Government
The ACSC “Essential 8” is a set of IT strategies to establish baseline protection against cyber threats. Essential 8 cyber security is only the minimum subset of the ACSC’s Strategies to Mitigate Cyber Security Incidents – hence the “Essent...
Sovereign Cyber Security Centre of Excellence
July 14 2021, by James Rabey |Category: Government
We are proud to announce a major investment we are making in the New South Wales cybersecurity and digital economy as well as strengthening Australia’s sovereign cybersecurity capability. Purpose-built for cybersecurity and government sovereign sup...
NSW DCJ to use Macquarie Government SOCaaS and SIEMaaS
July 13 2021, by James Rabey |Category: Government
Macquarie Government’s partnership with CSO group to deliver SOC and SIEM. We are excited to announce that Macquarie Government has partnered with CSO group to deliver a fully managed Security Monitoring Service, Security Operations Centre (SOC) an...
Defence Minister Peter Dutton Opens Macquarie’s New High Security Data Centre in Canberra
June 18 2021, by James Rabey |Category: Government
18 June 2021 – Australia’s Minister for Defence, The Hon. Peter Dutton MP, today officially unveiled Intellicentre 5 Bunker (IC5), highlighting it as critical infrastructure supporting Australia’s data sovereignty, national cyber security and d...
What is a green data centre?
June 16 2021, by James Rabey |Category: Government
The Australian Government can strengthen its environmental credentials through utilising green data centres, but what are green data centres, and how can they reduce government carbon emissions? Data centres and cloud computing reduce carbon emission...
Budget delivers timely infrastructure, cyber and skills boost to Australian economy
May 13 2021, by James Rabey |Category: Government
13 May 2021, Macquarie Technology Group (ASX: MAQ) has welcomed the publication of the 2021-22 Federal Budget, particularly its focus on building critical infrastructure, bolstering cyber security in Australia and expanding much-needed digital skills...
What makes a government cloud?
May 11 2021, by James Rabey |Category: Government
Since the release of the National Strategy for Cloud Computing in 2013, the Australian Government has continued its trajectory of cloud adoption for the significant benefits cloud offers – greater flexibility, agility, operational efficiencies, sca...
The digital infrastructure you’ll never see
May 11 2021, by James Rabey |Category: Government
In a secret location there is a Canberra data centre that’s a silent fortress and a cornerstone of the Australian Government’s digital transformation strategy. At Macquarie’s new Canberra data centres there are hundreds of rack-mounted servers ...
Macquarie Technology Group appoints former head of cyber warfare
April 30 2021, by James Rabey |Category: Government
The below announcement was featured in the Canberra Times, Defense Connect, ITWire and a number of other media sites. Macquarie Technology Group appoints former head of cyber warfare Maj Gen Marcus Thompson AM PhD as Senior Advisor 27 April 2021 Macq...
The Role of Data Centres in the Australian Government’s Digital Transformation Strategy
April 30 2021, by James Rabey |Category: Government
The federal government’s Digital Transformation Strategy is rightly focused on modernising government to improve customer service outcomes. However, the role of Macquarie Government’s data centres in Canberra and services including cloud, hosting...