Cyber Security

News: Release of ASPI Policy Analysis on cyber security

3rd June, 2011
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) recently released a policy analysis on cyber security. Judy Hinz, Online Editor
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News: Cyber Security Summit: Attorney-General to deliver keynote

13th April, 2011
Attorney-General Robert McClelland has confirmed that he will present the keynote speech at the inaugural Cyber Security Summit to be held in Canberra 25-27 July 2011.
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News: Cyber attack: EMC's Open Letter to RSA Customers

21st March, 2011
It was an embarrassing admission to have to make but EMC Executive Chairman Arthur W Coviello, Jr did exactly that last week when he wrote an open letter to RSA's customers regarding a cyber attack which extracted information from its SecurID two-factor authentication products. Judy Hinz, Online Editor
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News: Postman wins UK's top cyber challenge honour

11th March, 2011
Dan Summers, a postman from the English midlands city of Wakefield, has beaten thousands of competitors, and finally, twenty-five other candidates in the final Masterclass series to win the 2010/11 Cyber Security Challenge in the UK. Judy Hinz, Online Editor
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News: International Cybercrime Convention: Australia's view

1st March, 2011
Authorities will better positioned to prevent, detect and prosecute cyber crime offences if Australia accedes to the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime, according to a key report tabled in the Senate 1 March 2011. Judy Hinz, Online Editor
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News: UK Defence companies target cyber security work

22nd February, 2011
According to a report in 'The Financial Times', the call by British Foreign Secretary William Hague for an international agreement to set rules that will protect countries from 'the darker side of cyberspace' underlined the speed with which cyber security is climbing up the political agenda.
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News: Hague calls for urgent international agreement on cyber security standards

22nd February, 2011
British Foreign Secretary William Hague, in an address to the Munich Security Conference on 4 February 2011, has indicated Britain's willingness to play its part in responding to cyber security challenges. By Judy Hinz, Online Editor
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Kokoda Report: Online threats a fundamental weakness in Australian security

22nd February, 2011 by Judy Hinz | Online Editor
A Kokoda Foundation report, 'Optimising Australia's Response to the Cyber Challenge', released earlier this month, has found that cyber security has become the fundamental weakness in Australia's national security, and that the threat is poorly understood by politicians, business people and the general public.
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News: Kokoda Foundation to launch report on Australia's cyber security response

3rd February, 2011
AVM John Blackburn, AO (Ret), Dr Gary Waters and Mr Paul O'Rourke will launch the Kokoda Foundation report 'Optimising Australia's Response to the Cyber Challenge' on Friday 4 February 2011 in Canberra. Judy Hinz, Online Editor
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News: Cloud Computing: New EU report and recommendations

30th January, 2011
The EU's 'cyber security' Agency ENISA has launched a new report on Govermental Cloud Computing. Judy Hinz, Online Editor
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News: US plans 'tough' global talks on cyber crime fight

30th January, 2011
The U.S. plans a diplomatic push to get more countries to join in cyber-crime investigations, Howard Schmidt, the top White House cyber-security official, said last week.
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News: ISPs: Voluntary code of practice to reduce online security risk

9th January, 2011
1 December 2010: Attorney-General Robert McClelland and the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy have announced that a voluntary code for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to assist in protecting Australians from online threats comes into effect 1 December 2010.
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News: Parliament: Government's response to Cyber Crime Report

9th January, 2011
25 November 2010: Attorney-General, Robert McClelland and the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, tabled the Australian Government's response to the report of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Communications, 'Hackers, Fraudsters and Botnets: Tackling the Problem of Cyber Crime'.
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The Fight against Cybercrime

9th January, 2011 by Mathijs van der Wel | ASM | Nov-Dec 2010
New doors are opening every day for cybercriminals seeking to profit from valuable corporate data. However, as Matthijs van der Wel writes, the security community now has the opportunity to create a unified front in the fight against cybercrime.
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News: Cyber espionage report documents security failures

4th August, 2010
"Shadows in the Cloud: Investigating Cyber Espionage 2.0" is a joint report by the Information Warfare Monitor and the Shadowserver Foundation which documents the cyber attacks on computer network systems in India, the Offices of the Dalai Lama and the UN, among others.
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Securing your Information Assets

29th July, 2010 by Peter Tippett | ASM | July/Aug 2010
The challenge of safeguarding information assets is growing every day. Peter Tippett offers his top 10 predictions regarding information security over the next decade.
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‘Cyberwarrior’ shortage threatens U.S. security

23rd July, 2010 by Judy Hinz | Online Editor
According to a report on US National Public Radio (NPR July 19th, 2010) there may be no country on the planet more vulnerable to a massive cyber attack than the United States, where financial, transportation, telecommunications and even military operations are now deeply dependent on data networking.
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New cyber security centre has job ahead of it

27th June, 2010 by Ernie Davitt | ASM May-June 2010
The Government’s new multi-agency Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC) is now up and running, gathering intelligence and recommending ways to combat attacks on critical computer networks.
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Cybercrime needs to be fought through industry partnership

27th June, 2010 by Mark Goudie | ASM May-June 2010
As the IT security sector gathered for the AusCERT 2010 conference in May, Mark Goudie called for cooperation to defeat a common enemy: the cybercriminal.
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Cloud computing security strategy

27th June, 2010 by Eva Chen | ASM May-June 2010
Regardless of what you’re hearing, writes Trend Micro CEO and cofounder Eva Chen, cloud computing is here to stay – and it’s not a bad thing.
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Business as usual, says AusCERT, despite collapse of negotiations

27th June, 2010 by Judy Hinz | Online Editor
Graham Ingram, General Manager of AusCERT has declared that it is ‘business as usual’ for his team, despite negotiations having broken down over plans for AusCERT to provide services to CERT Australia, the new computer emergency response team established within the Attorney-General’s Department.
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Combating cyber crime not child’s play

26th January, 2009 by Ernie Davitt, National Affairs Ed | ASM | Nov-Dec
No-one would say that combating cyber crime is child’s play, but the Australian Federal Police have enlisted help from children as part of a creative new arsenal to help them hunt down online criminals.
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