The unveiling follows Macquarie being listed this month as a Certified Strategic data centre providers by the Australian Government. Australia’s Minister for Defence, The Hon. Peter Dutton MP, today officially unveiled Macquarie Data Centres’ Intellicentre 5 Bunker (IC5), highlighting it as critical infrastructure supporting Australia’s data sovereignty, national cyber security…
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The AIIA is concerned by the underinvestment in the State’s ICT capability. Australia’s industry representative body for innovation technology, the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) has welcomed the Queensland Budget with its strong focus on skills and job growth. However, the AIIA feels that there is a missed opportunity to build…
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FSDC releases report based on evolving landscape. Financial services industry is a prime target of cybercriminals. With developments in the post-COVID-19 era – including licensed virtual financial services, increasing reliance on cloud and online collaboration tools, etc. – the future cyber universe will become more complex, presenting more urgent need…
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Ransomware campaigns impact multiple sectors across the economy. Australians continue to be targeted by cybercriminals through ransomware campaigns impacting multiple sectors across our economy. Assistant Minister for Defence, the Hon Andrew Hastie MP, said the Government is tackling cybercriminals head-on to support Australian organisations and individuals from cyber compromise. “In…
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When it comes to Seoul, there’s absolutely no question it’s a smart city. In Korea, their ‘Night Rider’ buses get the objectively cooler name of ‘Owl Bus.’ But the service’s true value goes deeper than that. You see, Seoul is over 100 times bigger than Singapore – and sometimes, getting home after…
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Free assessment will enable organisations to understand their data, analytics and AI readiness. The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), supported by International Data Corporation (IDC) a global market intelligence firm has launched the Data, Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Readiness Assessment Tool. The free assessment is available now for business…
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From a speech by Victor Lam CIO Hong Kong Government. The outbreak of the pandemic has certainly caused unprecedented impacts on the global economy as well as people’s everyday lives. Facing worldwide travel restrictions and social distancing measures, the use of Internet has surged and cloud computing has accelerated the…
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Scammers capitalise on pandemic. Australians lost over A$851 million to scams in 2020, a record amount, as scammers took advantage of the pandemic to con unsuspecting people, according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) latest Targeting Scams report. The report compiles data from Scamwatch, ReportCyber, other government agencies…
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Achieving net zero emissions by 2050. During the G7 summit Japan and Australia signed a joint declaration to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement, and their determination to further collaboration on efforts to achieve decarbonisation and a net zero emissions future. Both countries will consider a technology-led response is…
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The CALD community represented a 60 per cent increase compared to 2019, across 11,700 reports. In Australia culturally and linguistically diverse community lose $22 million to scams in 2020, reports from Indigenous Australians up by 25 per cent, reports the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). “Last year we saw…
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