The Federal Government's encryption law has been referred to the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor, Dr James Renwick, for review and a report by 1 March next year, the first time the panel has referred any legislation to the INSLM.

Australian Signals Directorate director-general Mike Burgess has warned private or public companies against hacking back to defend themselves against potential online attacks, as they would be breaking the law.

Australians have the lowest level of trust in the ability of their banking institutions to handle personal data securely, a survey of the Asia-Pacific by Unisys Corporation has found. The survey was taken ahead of the arrival of new services for implementing Open Banking.

Optus has started taking pre-orders for the much anticipated Huawei P30 and P30 Pro smartphones, which come complete with dual-sim capability and AI powered camera system.

Western Australia’s Curtin University has signed a three-year SaaS agreement with listed ICT services company TechnologyOne to digitally transform its administrative and student management processes for more than 56,000 students and 4000 staff.

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