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Essential 8 Maturity Model
|ACSC cyber security mitigation strategies. The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) is the Australian Government’s lead agency for cyber security. From experience of cyber security incidents and through vulnerability testing of various governmen...
Sovereign Cyber Security Centre of Excellence
|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...
What is a green data centre?
|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
|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?
|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...
Macquarie Technology Group appoints former head of cyber warfare
|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...
Data sovereignty focus opens new opportunities for Australian cloud providers
|This article originally appeared in The Australian Australia’s burgeoning cloud industry is not really our own, as recent research showed the soon-to-be $1 billion sector is dominated by the large global providers. That creates an inherent cyber se...
Laying the foundations for government digital service success.
|Government digital services need a solid foundation. But what is the best path to ensure reliable, trusted and repeatable services that delight citizens? Account Director for Macquarie Government Peter Jones explored this topic in his presentation at...
Laying the foundations for government digital services success.
|Government digital services need a solid foundation. But what is the best path to ensure reliable, trusted and repeatable services that delight citizens? Senior Product Manager for Macquarie Government Gary Marshall explored this topic in his present...
Save on Microsoft licensing with our high-performance cloud. Here’s how.
|Licensing conundrum. Windows Server, VMWare and Microsoft SQL database licensing are critical components for most IT deployments—but they can be pricey and add significant costs to moving to the cloud. This is driven by several often overlooked fac...