Australia behind the game on IT Security…..
My thoughts on this are pretty clear and most people who have followed Beast or Buddha would know I take a pretty cynical position on the Australian Government’s approach to IT Security. But hey, the gov guys did create about 6 awesome whitepapers in the last 12 months or so to ensure Australian business security continues to match it with the best in the world. A must read for every CEO and CIO - telling you everything you need to know about Wireless, VoIP, SCADA and a few others. Shame you’ll never find them or even think to look for them - even greater shame, you’ll probably have no interest anyway as you’re too busy doing other things.
It is good to see I am not the only one being critical of government’s lack of effective understanding of real-world business security concerns and issues. Recent story from SC Magazine; Australia failing on e-security is worth a look. Bill Caelli also puts it out there that government needs to get serious in terms of developing some legislation “to enforce a more security-conscious approach”.
Ain’t gonna happen I am told Bill….but we do have some nice whitepapers to read.
July 16th, 2007 at 2:06 pm
Are you referring to the papers published by the ITSEAG?
July 16th, 2007 at 4:53 pm
Hi Christian,
http://www.dcita.gov.au/communications_for_business/security/critical_infrastructure_security/key_documents
I maybe come across as overly cynical but having tracked this for many years from various perspectives, I don’t see what the successes are with the various government strategies over the years to do with IT Security. What’s your take on it?
DD