Blogs
News • 17 May 2022
Security challenges: Merging space with cyberspace
An escalation of security attacks has led to increasing challenges in the intersection of cyber security and space security.
News • 9 Dec 2021
Australia’s space security strategy needs to aim higher
Space will become the new battlefield for cyberattacks.
News • 8 Feb 2021
Combatting COVID and cyber threats: similarities and lessons
Over the last year, societies worldwide have been battling challenges posed by COVID-19.
News • 2 Feb 2021
SolarWinds attack poses major cybersecurity risk
The technology world has been reeling from the attack on SolarWinds1. The company FireEye has said that its network has been breached via malware inserted into SolarWinds software update.
News • 1 Feb 2021
Analysing SolarWinds Cyberattack
Microsoft has recently released a detailed technical report on analysing the SolarWinds attack.
News • 14 May 2020
COVIDSafe
A discussion of privacy and security issues around the COVIDSafe contact tracing app.
News • 11 Mar 2020
Cyber Security in the Aerospace and Defence Industry
Increasingly, software has become critical to aerospace and defence systems. Here comes the fundamental role of security. In fact, security should be thought of as an enabler for such systems. Specific concerns in secure software for aerospace would include unauthorized access (and use) of on-board and off-board systems (not just be users but also by other software applications and services, given that aerospace systems are essentially “systems of systems”).
News • 9 Dec 2019
On the Role of CISO in the Digital World
As cyberattacks and threats continue to increase in sophistication and in frequency, the role of CISO has become even more critical.
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