IBM and Vocus settle Census outage lawsuit
IBM, Vocus and Vocus subsidiary Nextgen have settled a lawsuit relating to the high-profile failure of the Australian Census website in 2016.
Stories by Rohan Pearce
Telcos would have delivered fast broadband without NBN project, Telstra chair says
Without the NBN, over the last decade Australia’s big telcos would have delivered 100Mbit broadband services for the majority of the nation, Telstra’s chair has argued.
New security firm recruits former chief govt cyber advisor
The former head of the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), Alastair MacGibbon, has been appointed chief strategy officer of newly formed security firm CyberCX.
Ransomware hits Pitney Bowes systems
Mailing and ecommerce services company Pitney Bowes has confirmed some of its systems have been affected by a ransomware outbreak but says that there is no evidence customer data has been compromised.
NAB pushes cyber security for SMB customers
As part of an initiative in partnership with systems integrator OutcomeX, NAB will offer Cisco Umbrella to its 400,000 small and medium business customers at a “special preferential price”.
ACCC reiterates concerns over NBN pricing uncertainty for telcos
NBN Co’s use of temporary discounts to implement new product offerings has drawn renewed scrutiny from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), which says it is concerned about pricing uncertainty for retail service providers (RSPs).
Is your incident response plan a living document or a dead letter?
An analysis drawing on three years’ worth of data gathered by Verizon has revealed that while many enterprises assert they have cyber security incident response plans in place, in many cases those IR plans are poorly constructed and rarely, if at all, updated or tested.
Money laundering watchdog orders audit of PayPal
Australia’s money laundering watchdog, AUSTRAC, has ordered the appointment of an external auditor to scrutinise PayPal’s compliance with financial crime laws.
Government eyes health insurers' data to help uncover Medicare fraud
The Department of Health has launched a public consultation on proposed legislation that would lay the basis for increased data-matching between government entities in order to uncover fraudulent or incorrect Medicare claims. The proposal could also see the data provided from private health insurers automatically matched against government data holdings to red flag potential fraud.
Australian businesses ill-prepared to respond to data breaches
While many Australian organisations understand the inevitability of a data breach, a large majority are unprepared to respond to security incidents.
Road safety: NSW says mobile phone detection program a ‘world first’
A New South Wales mobile phone detection camera program will be a world first, according to the state government.
NSW completes contactless payments rollout for transport
New South Wales has completed the rollout of contactless payment via card and mobile device across Sydney’s public transport system.
Cyber security needs rebels
Cyber security needs “rascals” not hand-raisers who won’t question authority. But the problem is that the education system is not typically geared towards generating the kind of rebellious spirits that the sector needs, according to UNSW professor of cyber security Richard Buckland.
Canberra cyber node joins national network
The Canberra Cyber Security Innovation Node has officially launched, joining a national of network led by AustCyber.
How Slack helps Iress innovate and ship code
Slack’s communications platform has played a key role in helping Australian-headquartered financial software publisher Iress promote collaboration among its geographically dispersed workforce. However, it is also central to the build pipelines of Iress’ developers as well as playing a key role when it comes to the ops.