A series of high profile cyber attacks has put the issue of cyber security in the spotlight.
The International Maritime Organization was recently attacked and its website had to be taken down. Containerchain has been hit, as has the Toll Group.
Australia’s Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, has revealed that Australian organisations are under sustained digital assault and our...
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Protecting critical infrastructure from cyber-threats is on the Federal Government’s agenda. It has released a consultation paper, “Protecting Critical Infrastructure and Systems of National Significance”. The government hopes to have change legislated before the end of this year.
Noting that there have been a variety of cyber security incidents of late, such as compromises of the Australian parliamentary...
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A host of international shipping bodies have called for inter-governmental bodies, governments and industry to speed up the pace of digitalisation so that port communities can at least offer a “basic package” of electronic commerce and data exchange.
The group of shipping bodies, which includes such organisations as the International Association of Ports and...
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