https://securitybrief.com.au/story/adobe-sign-completes-australian-irap-security-assessmentAdobe Sign is one of the latest Adobe products to complete its assessment with the Australian Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP), offering assurance that digital and e-signatures meet the highest levels of information security. IRAP, a program established by the Australian Signals Directorate, is a security assessment service to governments and organisations.

The federal government’s cyber spies advised Australia would have had to put 300 separate security measures on Huawei’s equipment to make it safe for the nation’s 5G system but the network could still have been shut down on Beijing’s orders. The Australian Signals Directorate spent more than eight months trying to find a way to make the Chinese company’s telecommunications equipment acceptably safe but ultimately told the Turnbull government the risk could not be contained satisfactorily.

The ACSC is calling for ACSC Partners to help pilot the Critical Infrastructure Uplift Program (CI-UP). CI-UP will help protect Australia’s essential services from cyber threats by raising the security levels of critical infrastructure organisations. CI-UP is part of the Australian Signals Directorate’s Cyber Enhanced Situational Awareness and Response (CESAR) package and compliments the Australian Government’s ongoing work to protect critical infrastructure security through proposed amendments to the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018.

Australia’s future is getting decidedly spooky. China is engaging in influence and interference attacks on our way of life. Now we’re investing billions of dollars into returning the favour. Tucked away in a quiet corner of the federal budget was an unexpectedly large number: $1.3 billion. Alongside were ominous names: ASIO and Signals Directorate. And the reason was vague: Technological capabilities.

In another first, global governance, risk and compliance (GRC) leader 6clicks has announced its latest offering – 6clicks for Government – designed to support the specific information security needs of Australian government departments & agencies as they seek to improve their risk and compliance maturity. In line with the information protection standards and requirements of the Australian Signals Directorate - ...

Zscaler has become the latest vendor to complete its assessment for ‘Protected’ classification level work with the federal government. The cyber security vendor has completed its second Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) assessment, which is carried out by third-party assessors accredited by the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD).

ASD approves four Samsung smartphones for Government useThe Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) has approved four new Samsung Galaxy smartphones for Government use. The agency has added the Samsung Galaxy S20 FE, S20 FE 5G, Note20 and Note20 5G devices to the new Security Configuration Guidance. The approval comes after “stringent” testing and assessments undertaken by the ASD and provide guidance for the use of the devices in “Sensitive” and “Protected” deployments.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has defended the Department of Defence’s delayed migration from Global Switch’s Sydney data center. The Prime Minister said the department's 'most sensitive’ data has already been moved out of the Switch-owned facility in Ultimo, Sydney, and relocated to a dedicated facility, and that work is ongoing to move sensitive and unclassified data.

Image result for Oracle Dedicated Region <a href=Oracle has announced what is effectively a third cloud region in Australia, signing a deal with Australian Data Centres (ADC) to offer what it's calling an "Oracle Dedicated Region Cloud@Customer The company already boasts two cloud regions in Australia, with Sydney going live in late 2019, followed by Melbourne in mid-2020.

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