Cyber Security

A regional focus on cyber security
A regional focus on cyber security
The digital revolution is fundamentally a story of prosperity, of growth through disruptive business models, the opening of new markets, and of sustainable and inclusive…
Why Australia might be on the right encryption-cracking track
Why Australia might be on the right encryption-cracking track
Much of the reaction to Malcolm Turnbull’s press conference last Friday has cast his comments as the latest, and possibly worst example of political technological illiteracy. And…
Democracies take up arms against cyberattacks
Democracies take up arms against cyberattacks
As the Trump Administration starts ticking off targets for its first 100 days, the fallout from the Russian influence operation on the US presidential election is still working…
How the US election is setting cyber-security precedents
How the US election is setting cyber-security precedents
For all the unique and strange precedents set by this election, few could have foreseen that a new stage in cyber conflict would be one of them. In the lead-up to election day in…
Digital Asia links: Bangladesh internet drills, HK elections, Tencent HQ & more
 The Asia Pacific is the most dynamic digital landscape in the world, home to the fastest adopters of new technologies and the largest concentration of mobile and social…
Cybersphere is the globe's new battlefront
Commentary
Cybersphere is the globe's new battlefront
Originally published in The Australian.Alan Dupont
Digital Asia links: WeChat & the UN, Xiaomi, North Korea, a Cyber Minister and more
The Asia Pacific is the most dynamic digital landscape in the world, home to the fastest adopters of new technologies and the largest concentration of mobile and social media…
Australia needs calibrated deterrence against cyber attacks
Another day sees yet another announcement of a major cyber breach at a government agency, this time unfortunately on Australian soil at the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM). While…
China's puzzling defence agreement with Australia
Last Thursday, The Australian newspaper ran an editorial, 'Strengthening links with China'. This followed its front-page coverage of the visit to Canberra by China's Chief of…
If it looks and acts like an oligopoly ... the power of Facebook and other online elite
Fergus Hanson is author of Internet Wars: The Struggle for Power in the 21st Century. This is the final installment in a series. Part 1 examined economic cyber espionage; part 2…