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Critical Intel, AMD and ARM Processor Vulnerability, Cyber Security Impacted
|Over the last 48 hours, details of two critical hardware vulnerabilities Spectre (CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5715) and Meltdown (CVE-2017-5754) emerged that impact the majority of computers running Intel processors (Spectre and Meltdown), AMD and AR...
Turning Canberra into a Global Digital Hub
|The Government has set its sights on making our national capital a global digital hub. Through initiatives such as Digital Canberra, developing a cloud computing-friendly environment, and harnessing the city’s technology-focused entrepreneurs and i...
Will 2017 be an inflection point for the Australian Government's digital transformation?
|Recently I pondered whether 2017 would be remembered as the Australian Government’s inflection-point year for digital transformation and cyber security. As I mulled this over it became clear that this year may indeed be the inflection point – a y...
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...