The imperative for collaborative IT in Australian state governments

Cross-collaboration between departments and state-by-state partnerships are the future of government IT. Departments will increasingly rely on private sector partners to build and manage solutions that provide resources across them all.

Breaking Down The Cyber Security Strategy 2023-2030: Phase One (2023-2025)

The Australian government’s Cyber Security Strategy 2023-2030 is a robust and ambitious plan that aims to take Australia from being highly vulnerable to cyber risk, to being one of the world leaders. This will be achieved over three “phases.” According to that strategy, the country needs to be acting on phase one now, while preparing the ground for phases two and three. Moving fast with phase one is important, in light of the recent ASD report that found that the number of cyber attacks is increasing rapidly (up 14% in the last year alone), as is the cost to individuals …

Protecting Critical Infrastructure by Taking Critical Action

In the last year, Australia's federal government agencies have intensified their efforts to confront the ever-growing challenges of cybersecurity. With the digital landscape continually evolving, these agencies have adapted their strategies to stay ahead of emerging threats and protect the nation's digital infrastructure.

Western Australia's Unique Cyber Challenges

Securing government agencies in Western Australia poses unique challenges in the realm of cybersecurity. One major challenge is the sheer diversity of information held by these agencies, ranging from citizen records to critical infrastructure details. Safeguarding this wide array of data demands robust measures that can adapt to evolving cyber threats.

Building Trust & Transparency in Digital Government: Addressing Privacy, Security & Ethical Considerations

In this GovTalks Fireside Chat session, our government leaders discuss why trust, transparency and ethical considerations are important in digital government.

Global Top 50: Government Innovators 2023

Showcasing 50 innovators driving citizen-centric solutions to rebuild public trust, confidence and engagement.

Future Strategic Planning & Critical Controls: An Exclusive Update from CERT NZ

Join Jordan Heersping, Manager, Threat & Incident Response, CERT NZ in this Keynote presentation as he discusses identifying priority risks in your organisation, reviewing our critical controls against the incidents we have seen over the last 12 months, data and insights we received from reports and international threat feeds, and how and why certain attacks could have been prevented. He concludes with CERT's current key focus and projected future priorities.

Solving Issues Related to Instrumentation and Monitoring of Critical Systems

In this panel session, our government leaders discuss how we can most effectively collaborate to close the cyber security skills gaps, what opportunities the latest iteration of Data Loss Prevention tools offer organisations, and how valuable as a proactive protection strategy against preventing leaks is the gathering of user data and filtering potentially offensive actions to unveil fraud or data exfiltration attempts. Hear insights from Jay Nowitz, Senior Information Security Advisor, Oranga Tamariki, Derek Robson, Chief Information Security Officer, New Zealand Parliament, Peter Booth, Group Manager - Security Services & Performance, Te Whatu Ora.