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Australia’s approach to cyber defence is shifting from protecting individual endpoints to defending the enterprise as a whole, with the launch of ASD’s new Essentials for Enterprise IT (“Essentials”) framework. The new framework reflects a...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

On 8th July 2024, Home Affairs Secretary, Stephanie Foster PSM, issued three Protective Security Directions under the Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF) which every Commonwealth Non-Corporate Entity is required to implement. The fact that...

The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) is urging Australian organisations to be vigilant against cyberattacks by state-sponsored actors of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). A joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) issued in February by the A...

In the many discussions I’ve had with our agency customers around their efforts to implement Essential Eight security, the most common obstacle encountered is deploying the strategies on the legacy systems remaining in their environments. By ‘...

Aidan Tudehope This article appeared in the Canberra Times on 20 November 2023. The Albanese Government has just released its much-anticipated Australian Cyber Security Strategy 2023-30 (the Strategy), a new national roadmap to put Australia on...

If you are sharing government data with third party service providers, are you certain that information remains secure, even if the sharing is for legitimate government approved purposes? Amid the increased cyber security threats facing Australian...