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    PM's office passwords pose security risk 29 March, 2011 14:01:00

    More than 10 per cent of passwords used in Prime Minister Julia Gillard's department can be easily broken in an hour by hackers using "brute force", a report from the Australian National Audit Office says.
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    Prime Minister and Cabinet scolded for Gmail, Hotmail use 24 March, 2011 11:46:00

    The Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet has vowed to block access to public Cloud-based email websites on work computers it administers, after the auditor-general found use of Gmail and Hotmail accounts by staff risked internal information.
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    Federal government to evaluate education revolution targets 17 February, 2011 16:09:00

    The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) will release an evaluation strategy this year for the Federal Government’s $2.4 billion Digital Education Revolution this year in an attempt to better gauge the success of the program.
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    MoD fighting cost overruns with in-house project management 19 October, 2010 01:34:00

    The Ministry of Defence overspent by £3.3 billion last year, and turned to project management software to help control its costs.
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    When IT governance goes wrong 21 September, 2010 19:21:00

    Speaking the World Computer Congress 2010 in Brisbane this week, Cathy Blunt, manager of Griffith University’s internal audit office, provided an interesting insight into the main contributing factors to failed or inefficient IT products in government agencies. The public university has itself undergone internal changes to prevent similar failures, though Blunt wasn’t shy of self-criticism in her review of what sends government IT projects over the edge.
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    ATO income tax system upgrade set to go ahead 11 January, 2010 11:54:00

    The Australian Tax Office's (ATO) technical deployment of the nation's new income tax IT system looks set to go ahead as scheduled from Friday January 22.
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    CIO Breakfast Briefing: Outsourcing Efficiencies - Metrics, Models & Management 31 July, 2009 15:41:00

    Many IT departments have been in continual cost-cutting mode for years, but in response to the economic crisis, they are being asked to cut even deeper and find additional efficiencies in their IT services and outsourcing environments - fast.
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    In Brief: Customs, National Gallery 29 July, 2009 13:39:00

    The Australian Customs and Border Protection Service is on the hunt for a new budget management system (BMS) to bring itself into line with Australian National Audit Office recommendations.
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    Putting paper reliance out with the rubbish 21 July, 2009 12:19:00

    Planet Ark co-founders Jon Dee and Pat Cash have today launched a new not-for-profit campaign aimed at targeting paper waste in the enterprise.
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    Unisys to Help NSW Police Force Use Digital Imagery as New Weapon in Law Enforcement and Crime Prevention 18 June, 2009 13:29:00

    Secure digital imagery management system to help law enforcement officers more efficiently access and store images and video to assist investigations.
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    ANAO outsourcing deal to include ITIL 15 April, 2009 11:28:00

    The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) has extended its long-running outsourcing deal with Unisys Australia for another five years to improve its service management and handle multisource agreements.
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    Antivirus software powerless to stop data breach attacks, study finds 10 February, 2012 01:43:00

    Analysis of 300 incidents spots an elephant in the room
    Large numbers of data breaches are being initiated by targeted malware that antivirus software simply can't detect, an analysis of 300 real-world incidents from 2011 has suggested.
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    Valentine's Day Patch Tuesday: Microsoft to issue 9 patches, 4 critical 10 February, 2012 09:29:00

    Microsoft Thursday said that the second Patch Tuesday of 2012 will see nine security bulletins, four of which were deemed critical.
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    Security experts ask House for light a regulatory touch 10 February, 2012 01:39:00

    Cybersecurity experts on Wednesday warned members of a House subcommittee against racing to legislation that would establish an overly burdensome regulatory framework for safeguarding digital systems against attacks, instead urging a more limited approach that would clear away legal impediments such as the prohibitions against sharing critical threat information.
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    The six pillars of security operations 10 February, 2012 11:37:00

    Six key points that should be considered when creating and developing a SOC
    As mobilisation and bring-your-own-device (BYOD) becomes increasingly prevalent, business security has been propelled to the forefront of corporate strategy.
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    Google Wallet Security Concerns Raised 10 February, 2012 01:40:00

    Security firm Zvelo has discovered that the Google Wallet PIN can be cracked via an exhaustive numerical search.
    Google's new NFC system that purports to turn your phone into a credit card can be compromised using a brute-force attack -- and that raises questions about its security.
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