28 Mar 2013
A petabyte (PB) indicates the fifth power to 1,000, a million gigabytes or a thousand terabytes. That’s how much data was transferred by the weekend of November 17-18, 2012 to Defence’s two commissioned data centres in Sydney and Melbourne. Premium
One of the most ubiquitous technologies, the global position system (GPS), that emerged last century threatens a military and civilian operations due to a fatal vulnerability, that is only now getting attention. Premium
07 Jan 2013
With the opening of its new Canberra facility this year, Lockheed Martin has begun focussing its Australian interest on ICT, already a huge part of its US business. Premium
12 Nov 2012
One of the more competent and intelligent ministers in the present administration, Attorney-General Nicola Roxon issued for general discussion some reforms of national security legislation in July. Premium
09 Aug 2012
Australia and its allies would avoid a war with another state without due cause. However a cyberwar – aggression via mainly internet offensives – is quietly on the table. Premium
08 Aug 2012
Thales Australia and the Department of Defence have commenced the Next Generation Desktop (NGD) project pilot program, which is delivering a new secure desktop computer system that is simpler to use and less expensive to sustain than current systems. Premium
11 Jul 2012
The second annual cyber security summit covered a great deal more ground than the first. Yet it was more interesting for what it did not cover. Premium
22 Jun 2012
Back in 2004, a little-known Canadian-based security software consulting company, Titus received an email request from the Australian Federal Police (AFP) for an email classification product. They wanted a customised tab for inserting the classification level in Microsoft Outlook, recalls Tim Upton, Titus’ president and founder. Premium
Differing views on the indigenous electronic warfare (EW) sector were evident at the biennial convention of the Australian Chapter of the Association of Old Crows – Defence thought the sector was growing and many industry participants did not, although there was common ground on the threats and opportunities presented by cyber. Premium
18 Jun 2012
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC ), a US-based technology company with over 41,000 employees worldwide, is bringing innovative cyber security technologies and initiatives to help Australia solve its most challenging technical problems by working together to build a comprehensive defence against cyber security attacks. Premium