How much should you trust your hardware vendor? - Security - iTnews

How much should you trust your hardware vendor? - Security - iTnews: "Late last year, firewall vendor Juniper discovered a troubling backdoor in its Netscreen product range, quickly issuing an alert that prompted customers to patch their devices as soon as possible."



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Caution urged amid calls for indefinite terrorist detention

Caution urged amid calls for indefinite terrorist detention: "Reacting to the push of the Turnbull government for legislation that lets authorities hold terrorists who still pose a serious threat after their prison terms, the Law Council of Australia is urging the Australian Parliament to proceed cautiously on the issue."



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How Australia is being protected against terrorist attacks

How Australia is being protected against terrorist attacks: "Last week media personality Sonia Kruger created a firestorm after she suggested banning Muslims from coming to Australia, saying “I want to feel safe”."



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Turnbull proposes tighter national security laws to protect Australia from terrorism

Turnbull proposes tighter national security laws to protect Australia from terrorism: "Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has proposed tighter security laws to protect the country from global terrorism threats. The Liberal leader has cited the recent attacks in Nice and Orlando as reasons Australia should toughen its national security."



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Cyber security is now very big business for governments.

Cyber security is now very big business for governments.: "Cyber security is big business, and its biggest customers are governments. Asia Pacific’s biggest data security conference has just ended in Singapore, with the emphasis very strongly on the business issues of the technology, rather than the technology itself."



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Malcolm Turnbull to seek new laws allowing indefinite imprisonment of terrorists

Business Insider: "Prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and attorney-general George Brandis have announced new national counter-terrorism initiatives, including a push for indefinite imprisonment of terrorists who continue to pose a threat after serving their sentence."



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Government officials of secretive Citizenship Loss Board named

The Guardian: "The identity of officials on one of the most powerful government boards in Australia – which has the effective power to strip Australians of citizenship – has been revealed for the first time."



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Security services doing good job: Stratfor

SBS News: "The lack of large-scale terror attacks in the US and Australia show security services are doing a good job, a US private sector intelligence group says."



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Don’t worry about US, angels will prevail: Joe Biden

Don’t worry about US, angels will prevail: Joe Biden: "That meant greater interoperability of forces and greater intelligence co-operation through the “Five Eyes” network consisting of the US, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand."



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Dangerous allies, outdated treaties and the takeover of Australia's foreign policy

Dangerous allies, outdated treaties and the takeover of Australia's foreign policy: "John Menadue discusses Australia's loss of autonomy over its own foreign policy, which is mired in our alliance to the U.S. and dictated by the military establishment."



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Australia Now Has a Cyber Ministe

Gizmodo Australia: "Along with a new minister for innovation, industry and science, the newly re-elected Turnbull government has possibly the most high-tech appointment ever to the cabinet. Current Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Dan Tehan will take on the role of Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Cyber Security, in a move recommended by a long-overdue overhaul of government’s online security strategy."



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Government prepares to boost offensive cyber capability

Computerworld: "The Australian Signals Directorate has commenced a recruitment campaign that will help boost the government’s offensive and defensive cyber capabilities."



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My year undercover with Australia's Islamic radicals

Stuff.co.nz: "One journalist spent a year undercover in Australia's radical Islamic networks."



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Andrew Wilkie and the Chilcot inquiry

The Saturday Paper: "Intelligence officer turned whistleblower and politician Andrew Wilkie is calling for Australia to conduct its own version of the Chilcot inquiry into the war in Iraq."



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ASIO to swap spies with Indonesia to combat ISIS

ASIO to swap spies with Indonesia to combat ISIS: "Australia will exchange spies with Indonesia in a bid to confront the growing scourge of Islamic State-inspired terrorism in the region."



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Satrap Guilt: Australia, Iraq and the Chilcot Inquiry

Satrap Guilt: Australia, Iraq and the Chilcot Inquiry: "One such figure was Andrew Wilkie, now a returned independent member of the Australian parliament. Having been an intelligence officer within the Office of National Assessments and subsequent whistleblower on the dubious intelligence practices he bore witness to, the Tasmanian MP insisted that Australia needed its own variant of Chilcot."



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Poor intelligence just one factor in Iraq involvement

theAustralian: "It concluded that the Office of National Assessments and the Defence Intelligence Organisation along with the rest of the international community failed to judge accurately the extent and the nature of Iraq’s WMD programs"



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Chilcot report, Andrew Bolt and Andrew Wilkie leak case

Crikey: "The release of the Chilcot report into the British government’s decision to join the United States-led invasion of Iraq took almost as long to deliver as the battle to investigate one of Australia’s most highly classified leaks — to Andrew Bolt."



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Woodside drives to 'demystify' cybersecurity in operations

Security - iTnews: "At that time, The Australian reported that resources firms including Woodside were working with the Australian Signals Directorate to try to curb attacks against resources infrastructure."



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We take full responsibility: Aust on Iraq

The West Australian: "Mr Wilkie, who resigned from the Office of National Assessments in protest over the government's decision to join the war, renewed his call for a third and broader Australian inquiry into the conflict."



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Federal Government IT Professionals Overconfident in Insider Threat Detection

Yahoo Finance: "Tripwire’s study is based on seven key security controls required by a wide variety of compliance regulations, including PCI DSS, SOX, NERC CIP, MAS TRM, NIST 800-53, CIS Top 20 and IRS 1075. These controls also align with the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) recommendations and international guidance, such as the Australian Signals Directorate’s Strategies to Mitigate Targeted Cyber Intrusions."



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Six Moments Of Schadenfreude For Progressives After The 2016 Election - New Matilda

 New Matilda: "With the Senate likely to be dominated by a centre-right and openly bigoted crossbench, progressive voters have been feeling a little blue since the results started to roll in on Saturday."



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Hopeless Vic agencies have two years to hit infosec best practice

The Register: "Government agencies in the Australian state of Victoria will have two years to move from near ground zero to stand up fully-fledged and updated information security, risk, and governance policies."



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