Fraud costs Aussie govt $600m a yearFraud has cost the Commonwealth as much as $600 million a year, with less than a quarter ($139 million) recovered, according to a new report.April 3, 2011 by Darren Pauli in Government
Gillard hack a test run for new ASIO unit?The Federal Government has kept mum on an alleged cyber-espionage hack on computers owned by Prime Minister Julia Gillard and several cabinet ministers, but it should be well prepared to investigate the attack.March 28, 2011 by Darren Pauli in Government
Security fine without standard: NSW DETThe NSW Department of Education (DET) has defended its IT security arrangements despite being in breach of baseline government-mandated standards.March 14, 2011 by Darren Pauli in Government
ASIO handed powers to share spy dataAustralia's chief spy agency, the Australian Security and Intelligence Agency (ASIO), has been handed new powers to share wiretaps and grill citizens on behalf of agencies without suspicion of crime.March 1, 2011 by Darren Pauli in Government
Banks, govt fail as Polaris loses powerA catastrophic and mysterious power outage hit Queensland's $220 million Polaris datacentre on Friday and sent a string of banks, businesses, and government agencies to their knees.February 28, 2011 by Darren Pauli in Government
AG denies Safe Harbour review duplicationThe Attorney-General's Department has denied its "in-depth analysis" of Safe Harbour provisions is a duplication of a similar review first flagged some 18 months ago by the Department of Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE).February 27, 2011 by Darren Pauli in Government
PayPal lifts block on Bradley Manning fund accountThe payments giant has removed a freeze on the legal defence fund of Bradley Manning, the US Army private linked to the Wikileaks organisationFebruary 25, 2011 by Darren Pauli in Government
NSW govt agencies told to pen-testNSW government agencies should conduct regular network penetration tests to rectify abysmal IT security findings, according to the NSW auditor.February 23, 2011 by Darren Pauli in Government
CERT fielded 187 'cyber incidents' in 2010The Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) Australia has detected some 187 "cyber incidents" since September last year, ranging from trivial threats to attacks requiring military oversight.February 17, 2011 by Darren Pauli in Government
Data retention should last one year: AGBilateral talks with the United States to unify data retention legislation could lead to Australia keeping logs of its citizens' online lives for a year.February 17, 2011 by Darren Pauli in Government