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Cloud entrepreneur and technologist to head Macquarie Government Cloud business
|Macquarie Government has appointed experienced entrepreneur and technologist Bart Thomas as General Manager, Government Cloud, a key leadership appointment in its rapidly growing built-for-government cloud business. “Bart’s appointment fills a ke...
New critical infrastructure cyber security compliance and oversight a must
|Proposed new cyber security laws to give the Government powers to direct the owners and operators of critical infrastructure were needed in the face of modern cyber threats to the Australian economy and way of life. Cyber economic warfare was a daily...
Macquarie Government Certified by Australian Signals Directorate (ASD), Again
|This week, Macquarie Government has been added to Australian Signals Directorate‘s Certified Cloud Services List (CCSL) for PROTECTED (Classified) data. This new certification adds to the existing DLM (Unclassified) certification (May 2015) an...
Macquarie Government achieves PROTECTED cloud accreditation for government cloud
|Macquarie Government, the most experienced service provider to federal agencies, has emerged from a stringent and rigorous Federal Government assessment process accredited to provide “PROTECTED” cloud computing services. This is currently the hig...
Macquarie Government brings Cloud to NSW Government agencies through GovDC Marketplace
|Macquarie Government has pledged to bring the benefits of its experience and skills in delivering purpose built cloud and cyber security solutions to NSW Government agencies after it was added to the GovDC Marketplace this week. Macquarie Government ...
Cyber Security Challenge, Cyber Resilience, the Role Of Insurance and the Challenge to Public/Private Definitions
|Cyber Security challenging the Relationship between Government and the Private Sector The cyber security challenge is testing the boundaries of our understanding of the relationship between government and the private sector, and cyber insurance could...
ICT Procurement reforms should drive Government transformation
|Government digital transformation. The announcement that Federal Government ICT contracts would be capped at $100 million was a potential game-changer in driving the digital transformation of Government agencies, Macquarie Government managing directo...
Cyber security and digital government – wannacry or tangible reality?
|Cyber security is now a global front page issue – events such as the #ecensusfail, alleged foreign government interference in political elections, and Wannacry has brought tremendous focus by the consumer, business and government of the risks of be...
Hybrid cloud doesn’t mean complicated security setup
|Hybrid cloud security setups We all know cloud is a fantastic and cost effective enabler of flexible IT deployments, but not at the risk (and ultimate cost) of short cutting the security considerations. Many agencies have opted to use public clouds s...
Our New Canberra Home
|This week we move into our new Canberra home for Macquarie Government in the heart of Canberra at level 12, 221 London Circuit Civic from where our view – both literal and metaphorical is far and wide. Our outlook for the business is just as expans...