‘Progress is happening so quickly that governments and societies struggle to understand revolutionary and disruptive technology, much less mobilise effective responses.’ This is an edited version of Justin Bassi’s opening speech at ASPI’s Sydney Dialogue …
The Crowdstrike software outage disrupted airlines, banks, supermarkets and other major services—causing significant inconvenience for millions of people worldwide. It has prompted many to marvel that so many global operations and organisations rely on so …
The recent CrowdStrike outage was not just a technical hiccup; it was a seismic tremor that exposed the brittle foundations on which Australia’s digital economy stands. A faulty security update, a false positive— and suddenly thousands of …
Japan in the past believed it was relatively safe from malign information operations, thanks to the linguistic barrier and a generally high level of public trust in traditional media. But in the wake of some …
The Albanese government has unveiled its third budget. Our experts across defence, cybersecurity and technology, the Pacific, climate and critical minerals give their first impressions of what the budget has to offer—and what’s missing. …
