Long-term retention of telecommunications metadata helped law-enforcement authorities access 40,425 metadata records that were 3 months old or older, the Attorney-General’s Department has revealed in its first glimpse of the performance of its controversial telecommunications metadata retention scheme.
David Braue | 15 Aug | Read more
On October 13, 2015, the Metadata Retention law came into play. On that sad and gloomy day, Australian Federal House of Representatives passed the law labeled “Metadata Retention Law.” The law forces internet service providers (ISPs) and telecommunications companies to keep track, collect and store the communication data of internet users.
The Australian Signals Directorate updated its widely-cited cybersecurity guidance with four new policies for improving overall security, helping set the stage for greater government cybersecurity engagement with businesses that are likely to soon face breach-notification laws.
David Braue | 13 Feb | Read more
One of Australia’s premier academic cyber security think tanks has cautioned the federal government that its proposed new telecommunications networks security reforms need stronger oversight provisions.
Andrew Colley | 08 Feb | Read more
Even as many companies try to plug security holes by introducing ever-tighter endpoint management tools, some security pundits are advocating for a higher level of protection that takes the surveillance state to the employee desktop.
David Braue | 17 Jan | Read more
As enterprises battle to keep pace with online traffic growth by throttling up network speeds, they are beginning to lose the war on cybercrime. Why? Because security tools are limited in how much traffic they can intelligently process. Further, these same security devices need to take on increasingly sophisticated functions to combat evermore advanced and persistent cyber attacks. As a consequence, many existing security applications will be rendered ineffective in the very near future. Enter metadata, the new security super power.
