Defence review takes aim at application sprawl
The First Principles Review of Defence released today by the government has identified a "costly and complex" application landscape within the Defence Department as a source of waste and inefficiencies.
View ArticleDesktop recorder to capture risky employee behaviour launches in Australia
A product that records ‘admissable in a court of law’ quality videos of employees when they break cyber security policy is launching in Australia.
View ArticleDefence gives its security pass card a fail
Defence is to overhaul the electronic access card system which controls staff access to facilities in the Canberra region amid decreasing overall performance of the security system.
View ArticleFederal Govt invests $13m in Defence R&D
The Federal Government has allocated $13 million in funding to foster projects submitted under the Department of Defence’s research and development program.
View ArticleDefence begins Centralised Processing program
Defence has announced it is to shortly commence its Centralised Processing (CP) initiative to establish a single, integrated capability for the management and provision of centralised processing...
View ArticleDefence 'market tests' Oracle providers
Australia’s major Defence intelligence agencies will shortly move to a new direct-source relationship for their Oracle-based hardware, software and services.
View ArticleDefence to fund cyber security prototyping
The Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) will spend up to $2.2 million on prototyping new cyber security technologies to help ‘future proof’ Australia’s defence capabilities.
View ArticleTelstra signs $1.1 billion Defence contract
Telstra has won a $1.1 billion contract to supply telecommunications, network and mobile services to the Department of Defence.
View ArticleInternet of Things: Defence warns more devices means more risks
As the Internet of Things expands, industry and government must collaborate to bolster security of critical systems, according to Alex Zelinsky, chief defence scientist at the Department of Defence.
View ArticleIn pictures: UNSW Canberra launches Australian Centre for Cyber Security
Assistant Minister for Defence, Stuart Robert, was on hand to help unveil the University of New South Wales' (UNSW) Canberra's Australian Centre for Cyber Security (ACCS) in Canberra. The centre, which...
View ArticleDefence data centre overhaul gets tick of approval
Defence minister David Johnston has backed a large-scale overhaul of Department of Defence's ICT services and infrastructure, confirming today that the Centralised Processing Project will be managed by...
View ArticleRadComms: Tech advances to be fueled by spectrum
Access to high-bandwidth wireless broadband is critical for supporting drones, national defence and autonomous mining equipment, according to presenters from industry and government at the RadComms...
View ArticleASG gets slice of Defence data centre consolidation program
Perth-headquartered IT services company ASG Group announced this morning that Lockheed Martin Australia had signed it as a subcontractor for the Department of Defence's mammoth Centralised Processing...
View ArticleDefence review takes aim at application sprawl
The First Principles Review of Defence released today by the government has identified a "costly and complex" application landscape within the Defence Department as a source of waste and inefficiencies.
View ArticleDesktop recorder to capture risky employee behaviour launches in Australia
A product that records ‘admissable in a court of law’ quality videos of employees when they break cyber security policy is launching in Australia.
View ArticleCan autonomous killer robots be stopped?
Earlier this week robotics and artificial intelligence experts signed an open letter calling on the United Nations to help prevent the “third revolution in warfare”: lethal autonomous weapons.
View ArticleAussie contractor hack saw Joint Strike Fighter plans exfiltrated
A hacker exfiltrated info about Australia's Joint Strike Fighter programme and other military hardware last year after breaching the network of a defence contractor.
View ArticleArmy to ramp up robot use over next decade
The Australian Army plans to ramp up its use of robotics and autonomous systems in ground combat over the next decade, it has been revealed.
View ArticleDefence eyes cognitive computing to strengthen information management
The Department of Defence has become one of the first organisations in the world to deploy a highly secure on-premises version of IBM’s Watson cognitive computing platform.
View ArticleASC taps Accenture for digital transformation program
Australian defence contractor ASC has signed Accenture to help implement a digital transformation program that it says will “affect all areas of its submarine and shipbuilding businesses, across...
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