We’re kicking off this week over the ditch with our Kiwi friends who have been very busy on the cyber policy front. In Auckland last Friday, Communications Minister Amy Adams launched an updated version of …
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The Wednesday hacking of the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) by apparent ‘Chinese’ actors was another example, if one was needed, of the persistent threat to Australian computer networks, both government and private sector. It’s a …
This week’s wrap kicks off with the G20, where cyber issues featured prominently as leaders released a joint communiqué calling for a prohibition on commercial espionage. The document dictates that states will refrain from the …
Last week, the US Senate approved the CISA or Cyber Security Information Sharing Act. Among the bill’s main provisions is a proposal to expand liability protections to companies that voluntarily share threat information with the …
President Xi Jinping’s much-anticipated state visit to Washington DC took place last weekend with cyber security featuring prominently on the agenda—as expected. During Xi’s first official state visit, he and President Obama reached agreement on …
Beyond the occasional doom-laden and shouting headline about the coming ‘cyber apocalypse’, few column inches are devoted to the cyber policy and international security space. This is a shame, because if you were to look …
News that Malcolm Turnbull became Australia’s 29th Prime Minister this week was met with excitement from Australia’s ICT industry. Turnbull, who was an early investor in Australian ISP OzEmail and several other internet businesses has …
Indonesia’s Cabinet Secretary Andi Widjajanto has foreshadowed the introduction of new cyber security legislation, stating that new cyber laws will be released by President Joko Widodo in October. He also confirmed earlier reports that Indonesia …
This morning the Australian Cyber Security Centre released its first unclassified threat report on the online threat environment that Australia faces, including cyber espionage, cyber attack, and cybercrime. It explains that these threats are delivered …
This week kicks off with news that the UN GGE on Cybersecurity has produced a consensus document after their most recent meetings at the UN HQ in New York. In what’s a nice win for …
Last week saw the conclusion of a series of high-level meetings in Washington between US and Chinese government officials as a part of the annual Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED). There were a couple of …
The gargantuan scale of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) hack, initially thought to have affected 4 million current and former US government workers has now ballooned to over 9 million. The White House announced …