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Australian cyber security organisation CyberCX is launching in New Zealand’s NZ$600 million cyber security market with plans to establish a large specialised cyber security workforce in the country.

GUEST OPINION by Budd Ilic, ANZ Country Manager, Zscaler:  Implemented with little warning amid the viral pandemic, remote working is likely to remain a fixture within government departments and agencies in the months and years ahead. The problem is that many are alarmingly underprepared for the change.

Business email compromise scams cost Australian businesses $132 million in losses in 2019, causing the highest losses across all scam types for the year.

The majority of Australian citizens are willing to share personal information with government agencies in exchange for better service, according to a global study.

Australian public Wi-Fi and smart city solutions provider, OneWiFi, is claiming an Australia-first launch of a 5G Neutral Host Service for mobile operators.

GUEST OPINION BY Todd Gorsuch, CEO, Customer Science: Heightened customer demand and a need for staff to work from home are causing big headaches for contact centres around the country.

GUEST OPINION BY Todd Gorsuch, CEO, Customer Science: Heightened customer demand and a need for staff to work from home are causing big headaches for contact centres around the country.

The Australian Taxation Office is stepping up its support to help businesses know what they need to do and make the necessary move to myGovID ahead of the impending retirement of AUSkey - alerting business that the secure login to government online services cannot be extended beyond the portal shutdown date.

Konica Minolta Australia has been selected for the Victorian government procurement panel for multifunction devices and printers,provided under a supplier or purchaser managed services model, covering maintenance, software and services support, account management, reporting and innovative solutions.

The Australian Information Industry Association has expressed concerns that proposed changes to the way in which cloud providers are certified for government contracts could affect cloud adoption by federal government agencies.

Cyber security firm Macquarie Government has launched a new security operations centre as-a-service (SOCaaS) which it says is aimed at addressing the evolving threat landscape faced by Australian government agencies.

The global Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has formed a new Technology Policy Council designed to coordinate the agenda for its policy activities around the globe.

Global security giant Kasperksy has announced the opening of its first Transparency Centre in the Asia Pacific region, to be hosted by CyberSecurity Malaysia – Malaysia's national cyber security specialist agency.

Cyber Security NSW has established an identity recovery service for NSW Government customers whose identities get compromised in a cyber incident.

Global enterprise software company VMware is working with the Victorian Government's shared services ICT agency Cenitex to deliver new cloud-based solutions aimed at providing better support to over 35,000 public servants across over 21 government departments and portfolio agencies.

Global enterprise software products and services provider Rimini Street has recorded a net loss of US$68 million for the full year 2018. The loss comes as the US-based company reports that a contract for approximately US$26 million over three years is the largest client contract in its history.

Global enterprise software provider Rimini Street says more than 10 Australian Federal and State Government agencies have switched their enterprise software support from Oracle and SAP to Rimini Street.

Fujitsu has announced that the Clean Energy Regulator will use ServiceNow in the Protected Cloud platform as a Software as a Service offering, making CER the third Federal Government agency to sign up to Fujitsu’s industry cloud for government, built on Vault Protected Cloud.

New South Wales Government, industry-led agency Jobs for NSW has appointed Nicole Cook, managing director ANZ at talent management company PeopleScout, as its new chief executive.

Australian enterprise software as a service provider TechnologyOne has delivered its Human Resources and Payroll software as a service solution to automate pay for New Zealand Government employees and contractors across three agencies.