Tuesday, 2 August 2016

Lockheed Martin to open $13m Melbourne tech hub

iTnews: "The partnership between Lockheed Martin and Melbourne Uni is the second major research facility to be launched as a collaboration between a higher education institution and the defence sector in recent months.

In June, the Australian Signals Directorate announced it would contribute $12 million to a new Australian National University facility focused on data analytics and cyber security."



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Spooks' email infosec guide banishes MS Word macros, JavaScript

The Register: "The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD), the sigint outfit renowned for its “don't be stupid” guide to infosec, has published its latest guidelines for e-mail admins."



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ABS forced to defend Census website security

 iTnews: "The Australian Bureau of Statistics has been forced to answer questions about the security of its online Census website after it was revealed to be using an insecure and deprecated form of encryption to protect the sensitive personal details of the nation’s citizens."



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