This Month
Why the Qantas hack should send chills around corporate Australia
The lesson here isn’t that the airline failed – it’s that most Australian companies don’t yet have the visibility or capability to avoid the same fate.
June
Labor has a rare chance to streamline cybersecurity regulation
A small cohort of regulator representatives, working with the people from industry who are on the front line, could harmonise expectations.
May 2024
Microsoft CEO should be fired over cyber failure
A cyber breach slammed by the US government for leaving customers exposed is down to a culture led by Satya Nadella of profit over security.
February 2024
The cyber lessons Australia still has not learnt
Big data breaches have highlighted cyber vulnerabilities to Australians, but there are two crucial points that are getting lost in the public post-incident brouhaha.
September 2023
Why Australia is losing the battle for cyber resilience
The Australian Financial Review Cyber Summit showed a desire for national cyber resilience, but without change we won’t get there.
July 2020
Why the private sector is missing out on cyber threat intelligence
Australia's promising Cyber Security Centre is now a sock puppet for the Australian Signals Directorate, a statutory authority within the defence department.
July 2019
Boards paying cyber ransoms should quit
Any executive who authorises the payment of ransomware should tender their resignation for total failure of leadership, writes James Turner.
May 2019
Government must invest more to make Australia a cyber industry power
Some good groundwork has been laid to help an emerging cyber security sector, but it is short of investment in the skills needed to compete with rival countries.
February 2019
How parliament hack response showed we are actually doing cybersecurity better
While a hack of political parties is a worry, the public disclosure in response shows the national discourse around cyber threats is becoming more mature and sophisticated.