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  • Computer card responsible for Orica leak

    A failed computer card was behind the latest chemical leak at Orica's Newcastle plant, the company says.

    Written by AAP • 09 Dec. 11 09:50

  • NBN rollout continues in SA, NT with construction contracts

    A $141 million deal between NBN Co and joint venture company, Syntheo, to build the National Broadband Network (NBN) in South Australia and the Northern Territory has been signed.

    Written by Hamish Barwick • 14 Nov. 11 09:06

  • Empired extends $14m contract with Main Roads WA

    Perth-based IT services company, Empired (ASX: EPD), has extended its three-year $14 million infrastructure and project services contract with roading contractor, Main Roads Western Australia, for a further two years.

    Written by Hamish Barwick • 26 Oct. 11 13:35

  • SLIDESHOW: CIO Roundtable - mobile devices and BYOT

    Photos from the lunch, sponsored by Alphawest

    Written by Georgina Swan • 12 Oct. 11 13:31

  • Tips for better mobile security

    In the last 18-months, the mobile computing landscape has changed completely. People are bringing their own computers to the office and carrying smartphones and tablet devices that are as powerful as desktop computers were only a short while ago. Here’s how to make sure these devices don’t compromise your organisation.

    Written by Matt Rodgers • 26 Sept. 11 12:25

  • Jeanswest: Protecting the brand

    Protecting a well-established brand in the face of compromised systems is something Brad Clarence, the systems and support administrator at iconic fashion retailer, Jeanswest, knows a fair bit about. Despite his somewhat misleading title, Clarence is responsible for Jeanswest’s entire network and systems infrastructure in Australia and New Zealand.

    Written by Matt Rodgers • 23 Sept. 11 08:53

  • Beware the bot army

    A mammoth army of infected computers is being assembled, but it's unclear yet what purpose they will be put to.

    Written by Tim Greene • 16 Sept. 11 07:39

  • Hack brings down Linux websites

    A number of Linux websites, including LinuxFoundation.org and Linux.com, have been pulled offline after a security breach.

    Written by Anh Nguyen • 13 Sept. 11 18:16

  • Woman sentenced for selling counterfeit Cisco equipment

    A Virginia woman was sentenced Friday to five years in prison for leading a "sophisticated" conspiracy to import and sell counterfeit Cisco Systems networking equipment, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

    Written by Grant Gross • 10 Sept. 11 04:32

  • Taken over by aliens? Don't worry; Google has it covered

    Imagine what would happen if all the Google engineers turned rogue and held the world’s Gmail accounts to ransom. Or if aliens attacked earth and wiped California off the map.

    Written by Georgina Swan • 22 Aug. 11 16:41

  • Prevent internal IT sabotage

    Preventing external attacks to IT systems is a huge and critical task for most companies, but what are businesses doing to stop similar attacks when they come from within? That's a question that more companies should be asking themselves as internal IT sabotage cases regularly hit businesses hard, causing big monetary losses and often knocking companies offline for days or weeks.

    Written by Todd R. Weiss • 20 Aug. 11 05:52

  • Fired techie created virtual chaos at pharma company

    Logging in from a Smyrna, Georgia, McDonald's restaurant, a former employee of a U.S. pharmaceutical company was able to wipe out most of the company's computer infrastructure earlier this year.

    Written by Robert McMillan • 17 Aug. 11 09:14

  • The changing face of identity and location security

    For two decades, the dominant security model has been location-centric. We instinctively trust insiders and distrust outsiders, so we build security to reflect that: a hard perimeter surrounding a soft inside. The model works best when there's only one connection to the outside, offering a natural choke point for firewall defense.

    Written by Andreas M. Antonopoulos • 15 Aug. 11 20:41

  • LulzSec tweets as News’ DNS servers go down

    Just hours after claiming responsibility for hacking News International’s The Sun website and posting a fake story about Rupert Murdoch’s death, hacker group Lulz Security has tweeted that News International’s DNS servers are down denying access to some 1024 web addresses.

    Written by Rodney Gedda • 19 July 11 11:59

  • Cloud architecture: Questions to ask for reliability

    I've been an architect on some complex applications and I have a significant concern about assessing architectural risk for public/private cloud applications. Traditional risk assessments focus on external/internal access to confidential information like social security numbers, credit card number, and for banks PINs for the ATMs. Access controls and network protection are high priorities because they suppress the risk.

    Written by Gregory Machler • 19 July 11 05:35

  • Westpac promises review into outage

    Westpac has restored its online banking service following a prolonged outage, caused by an air-conditioning fault at a data centre. The bank’s group executive for retail and business banking, Rob Coombe, has also apologised to customers, promising a review of the events that caused the system failures.

    Written by Georgina Swan • 05 May 11 17:14

  • More need to stay cyber secure

    A leading computer security provider says the government has not done enough to keep major infrastructure safe from the threat of cyber attack.

    Written by AAP • 20 April 11 09:39

  • Army on the hunt for CIO

    The Department of Defence is looking for a new CIO to integrate information management and technology within the Army’s operations.

    Written by Chloe Herrick • 01 April 11 11:26

  • Critical NASA network was open to internet attack

    Six NASA servers exposed to the Internet had critical vulnerabilities that could have endangered Space Shuttle, International Space Station and Hubble Telescope missions -- flaws that would have been found by a security oversight program the agency agreed to last year but hasn't yet implemented, according to a report by the agency's inspector general.

    Written by Tim Greene • 30 March 11 05:44

  • CIO roundtable: Embracing the Cloud for competitive advantage

    The Cloud’s promise of on-demand, agile computing is undeniably compelling. The trick is being able to align those services with your own business and IT strategy.

    Written by CIO Staff • 25 March 11 13:30
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