The Australian government is working to modernise and simplify outdated laws governing how Australian agencies conduct electronic surveillance. However, this reform effort is not examining surveillance by companies—so called surveillance capitalism. This is a problem …
A new ASPI report, The Pacific Fusion Centre: the challenge of sharing information and intelligence in the Pacific, finds that much remains to be done in this area. The report examines the Australian-sponsored Pacific Fusion …
The federal government set an example for state and territory counterparts in early June when it announced that all relevant government data under the Digital Transformation Agency’s hosting certification framework will soon need to be …
In the recent JBS cyberattack, an American subsidiary of a Brazilian meat processor was hacked from Russia, causing operations in Australia, Canada and the United States to shut down. This crime provides a timely reminder …
It’s important to think beyond the cliché that data is the new oil. The dystopian dream of seamless data integration and the ability to ‘collect and know it all’ overlooks the complex politics of data. …
