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25.01.2022 NAB is directing users to transact via its mobile app due to issues with its internet banking portal. #nab #banks #finance #financeit #outage #business #software #cloud #internetbanking

25.01.2022 Public broadcaster SBS is set to lose its chief technology officer Noel Leslie, with an acting CTO appointed. #itnews #cto #sbs #media #business

25.01.2022 Services Australia is set to begin matching the data of welfare recipients against single touch payroll (STP) data, as it looks to simplify income reporting while boosting the accuracy of compliance measures.

25.01.2022 Vulnerabilities in a legacy protocol and Identity Provider Solutions can be exploited by attackers to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA) for Microsoft 365, researchers have found.

24.01.2022 Exploit code for a severe privilege escalation bug in the Netlogon Remote Protocol for Domain Controllers on Windows networks has now been published, and users are advised to apply the August security patch released by Microsoft as soon as possible.

23.01.2022 CBA has set up a new contractor hub with the help of SAP and Hays Talent Solutions as a single place to source, engage and manage its at least 2000-strong contingent workforce.

23.01.2022 NAB has migrated its merchant and business banking facility, NAB Connect, to run on AWS cloud, which it says should increase the resilience and reliability of the platform.

23.01.2022 The WA government has struck a whole-of-government agreement with Microsoft to improve agencies access to cloud services.

23.01.2022 Google has expanded its greenhouse gas emission monitoring and planning tool to include more than 100 local council areas across Australia as part of an extension of the platform to 3000 cities around the world.

22.01.2022 Booktopia will trial autonomous robots in its warehouse early next year as part of a proof-of-concept which would more than double the amount of stock the online retailer can hold. #itnews #retail #retailit #distributioncentre #ecommerce #hardware #business #robots #strategy #technology #automation #australiapost

22.01.2022 The head of the Australian Defence Force’s information warfare division has called it quits after more than three years in the role. #itnews #defence #government #governmentit #federalgovernment #army #cybersecurity #security #adf #cyber

22.01.2022 Yarra Valley Water has started working with Salesforce to implement a new customer engagement platform. #itnews #cx #salesforce #software #strategy #utilityindustry #utilities #water #business #customerengagement https://www.itnews.com.au//yarra-valley-water-embarks-on-c

22.01.2022 The NSW government has introduced legislation that will put digital drivers licences on equal footing with its physical counterpart, while paving the way for consent-based photo sharing.

20.01.2022 NAB has surfaced the first details of a - so far - nine-month effort it is calling NAB Engineering Foundation (NEF), comprising standardised practices and repeatable quickstarts to help developers get code into production faster. #itnews #banks #nab #finance #financeit #business #cloud #engineering #NEF #innersource #jenkins #software #terraformenterprise

20.01.2022 NSW Police has revealed it tested powers afforded by Australias assistance and access laws on an unnamed overseas provider, gleaning information about an account holder as well as the providers technical capabilities.

19.01.2022 Two security researchers are warning Australians not to use myGovID as they say the login system contains an implementation flaw that could lead to attackers gaining full access to their accounts. #itnews #ato #mygov #mygovid #security #research #securityresearch #governmentit #government

19.01.2022 Tony Abbott was given a lesson in information security by a curious security researcher who was able to discern his passport number and other sensitive information after the former prime minister of Australia posted a picture of his boarding pass on Instagram.

19.01.2022 Optus and Vocus have scored the first multi-million dollar deals in the Australian Taxation Offices carve up of its decade-long managed network services megadeal with Optus. #itnews #optus #vocus #ato #governmentit #strategy #telco #telecommincations #telcoisp #telecom #telecoms #services #business

18.01.2022 Woolworths is refitting 3789 square metres of space in the Seidler Surry Hills building in inner Sydney as the new home of WooliesX, along with Big W X and Cartology.

17.01.2022 Telstra has piloted a new malicious text message blocking service on its network that stops impersonation attempts from reaching Services Australia customers.

17.01.2022 One of Victorias largest public library services has credited its successful operations during the states extended lockdowns to its ongoing cloud transformation program.

17.01.2022 Leeanne Enoch has been appointed Queensland's new technology minister by the newly re-elected Labor government, marking her return to the portfolio. #itnews #government #governmentit #queensland #stategovernment #strategy #technology

17.01.2022 Frustrated by having their attacks thwarted for days, the Maze ransomware criminals resorted to using a virtual machine to get around endpoint protection, security vendor Sophos said.

16.01.2022 Service NSWs mobile app can now be used for contact tracing statewide after the government pressed go on a solution that allows users to check in to venues using QR codes.

15.01.2022 RACQ is in the process of introducing attended automation into its contact centre to offset some of the extra steps agents must now go through when fielding insurance calls owing to regulatory changes.

15.01.2022 Select federal government systems and networks will be classified critical infrastructure alongside nationally significant private sector systems, Home Affairs boss Mike Pezzullo has revealed.

15.01.2022 Australias central bank remains unconvinced of the need for a digital Aussie dollar, despite the continuing shift away from cash transactions. #itnews #crytocurrency #digitalcurrency #finance #financeit #rba #software #business

15.01.2022 Aussie Broadband boss Phillip Britt has suggested NBN Co could modify its price construct and do away with bandwidth charging in as little as two to three months if it were so inclined.

14.01.2022 BlueScope Steel is honing a series of machine learning models that are being put to work improving quality and reducing waste in its manufacturing operations.

14.01.2022 Australias fledgling permanent migration scheme for highly-skilled technologists has secured more than 4000 people in its first year, despite initially struggling to attract interest.

13.01.2022 Virgin Galactic’s chief operating officer Enrico Palermo has been appointed the new head of the Australian Space Agency. #itnews #space #spaceagency #virgingalactic

13.01.2022 NAB blocked over 41,000 attempts by attackers to take data either from NAB itself or from its customers in the first quarter of this year.

12.01.2022 AMP Capital’s shopping centres have been internally mapped for Google Street View to help shoppers navigate them more easily. #itnews #googlemaps #googlestreetview #retail #retailit #software #strategy #business #technology #property #shoppingexperience

12.01.2022 The federal government agency in charge of the country’s $2 billion My Health Record is looking to fill its top IT role ahead of the planned replatforming of the system. #itnews #government #governmentit #myhealthrecord #strategy #Itjobs #governmentagencies #adha #health #healthit #digitalhealth

12.01.2022 NAB says it does not currently possess the technical means to stop its digital payment services being used as an ersatz messaging platform to stalk and abuse customers.

11.01.2022 NAB has struck an enterprise agreement with TPG Telecom that will see it use a mix of TPG and NBN fixed-line services as well as Vodafone mobile services.

08.01.2022 Telco entrepreneur Bevan Slattery predicts SpaceXs Starlink broadband service will power a generational shift in internet access, enabling remote communities to get online for the solid costs of about US$1000.

08.01.2022 Western Australia's auditor was so concerned about vulnerabilities in the state’s registry system last year that she took the unusual step of delaying the release of findings so the issues could be addressed. #itnews #cybersecurity #cyber #government #governmentit #security #registry #stategovernment #westernaustralia #audit

07.01.2022 A misconfigured SharePoint site led to the exposure of files containing the personal information of almost 20,000 University of Tasmania students to anyone with a university email address. #itnews #universities #sharepoint #universityoftasmania #cloud #databreach #educationit #education #security #utas

05.01.2022 Victoria's environmental regulator overhauled its AirWatch air quality monitoring app and website just in time for an influx of traffic during the catastrophic ‘Black Summer’ bushfires earlier this year that surpassed its previous peak 48 times over. #itnews #victoria #airwatch #governmentit #government #microsoft #microsoftazure #sitecore #software #stategovernment #deloitte #environment

05.01.2022 Telstra will set up 650 of its 1500 telephone exchanges as edge compute locations, honing a plan it first unveiled a year ago. #itnews #telco #telecommunications #telcoisp #telstra #business

04.01.2022 Bitrate restrictions re-introduced by Netflix and YouTube in Australia could be lifted again permanently from next week, with at least one retail service provider believing they are unlikely to be reinstated.

04.01.2022 Westpac has started the phased rollout of a new native iOS mobile banking app to 120,000 digitally active customers ahead of a broader launch of the app early next year.

04.01.2022 A former CSIRO IT contractor has escaped jail time for using the countrys peak science and research organisations supercomputer to mine cryptocurrency.

03.01.2022 Federal government agencies will need to seek consent before releasing personal information to other governments and the private sector if it feasible to do so under proposed public sector data sharing laws.

03.01.2022 Macquarie University is undergoing a human resources system transformation with the help of Accenture, moving to a new Workday platform and offering more self-service capabilities.

02.01.2022 Services Australia tapped its ‘voice of customer analytics’ program to understand and overcome blockages on online services and telephony platforms as demand for welfare services surged earlier this year. #itnews #centrelink #government #governmentit #federalgovernment #software #strategy #data #datanalytics

01.01.2022 The United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published a document that details how Chinese government affiliated hackers can compromise IT systems across a wide range of industries and official organisations with relative ease.

01.01.2022 APRA has unveiled a new cyber security strategy and flagged it will step up its review of current cyber compliance, holding boards accountable for shortfalls. #itnews #apra #audit #banking #cybersecurity #finance #insurance #superannuation #compliance #securitystrategy #business

01.01.2022 ANZs transformation GM Rob Marchiori will leave the bank mid next month and remaining agile ways of work teams will be folded into the technology organisation, the latest changes to occur as agile simply becomes part of the banks business-as-usual.