While neither side of politics is saying much about our increasingly maligned National Broadband Network during the election period, the fact is Australia is falling behind in the race to leverage the benefits — economic and social — of an emerging digitally enabled future. [ + ]

The OAIC's quarterly and annual Notifiable Data Breach reports find that cyber attacks are responsible for the majority of incidents, with health care the hardest hit. [ + ]

A joint study by DXC and Telsyte finds that one in five Australian organisations plan to create new IT roles this year to facilitate digital transformation. [ + ]

The attackers that breached the internal Citrix network appear to have used password spraying techniques to gain undetected access, the company said. [ + ]

The ACS has called for the establishment of a $100m Industry 4.0 skills fund, as part of a series of policy recommendations for the next government. [ + ]

Major nbn RSPs are achieving nbn speeds closer to their maximum plan speeds, but 13% of services are still significantly underperforming. [ + ]

The National Cyber Security Adviser and head of the Australian Cyber Security Centre, Alastair MacGibbon, will return to the private sector at the end of the month. [ + ]

In tech, the two cutting-edge concepts creating some of the most controversy are artificial intelligence and robotic process automation. [ + ]

In the lead-up to May's federal election, we've cut through the spin, PR and platitudes to provide this overview of the main parties' technology policies. [ + ]

The federal government has announced a wide-ranging $156 million investment in cybersecurity as an election promise. [ + ]

The 10 May deadline to enter the Guild Insurance $1000 travel voucher competition is almost here. Don't delay — enter today! Exclusive to ITPA members. [ + ]

IT employers are having to increase their salary offer for seven of every 10 new hires in order to weather the ongoing IT skills shortage. [ + ]

Australia ranks 12th in the world — one place below New Zealand — in terms of global talent competitiveness, a new study shows. [ + ]

It is imperative that organisations invest in their data management strategy to drive innovation and business transformation. [ + ]

With 65% of Australian businesses reporting interruption from security breaches in the last year, the C-suite is getting more engaged in security, Telstra said. [ + ]