The Optus telecommunications network failure followed closely by the cyberattack on DP World, one of Australia’s largest port operators, painfully demonstrated modern society’s dependence on its digital backbone. When critical infrastructure fails—through malicious means or …
It seems that hardly a day goes by without news of another Australian organisation being hit by a data breach. While the underlying causes and the actions we need to take to prevent them are …
Increasing data localisation—governments requiring certain data to be stored within a jurisdiction—threatens internet innovation and makes the development of digital goods and services more difficult, potentially slowing economic growth. India is thinking of joining the …
In June, Andrew Davies produced a pair of Strategist pieces (see here and here) on the encryption challenge to security, in the process succinctly explaining why our telecommunications intercept (TI) capability is ‘going dark’. Andrew’s …
Cybersecurity made an appearance in the eighth round of the US–China Strategic and Economic Dialogue which took place in Beijing last week, chaired by State Councillor Yang Jiechi and Secretary of State John Kerry. Both …
