Establishing a global, coordinated approach to cybersecurity was the takeaway theme from the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) Conference 2018. [ + ]

Technologies such as blockchain, chatbots and IoT will begin to come of age this year, so it will pay to be prepared. [ + ]

Australian IT leaders are concerned about a lack of visibility into their organisation's network traffic, which is exposing them to security, legal and productivity risks. [ + ]

The company that designed the cockpit of the Titanic director James Cameron's Deepsea Challenger will be among the companies exhibiting. [ + ]

Australia's first Tier III regional data centre is open for business in Toowoomba, 120 kilometres inland from Brisbane. [ + ]

A group of 34 technology giants has signed an accord agreeing not to assist governments in conducting offensive cyber attacks and to work to protect all citizens from the growing cyber threat. [ + ]

The NSW Government has reportedly rejected a proposal to turn the Redfern railyard into a Silicon Valley-style tech hub, even as a report cites Sydney as a start-up hotspot. [ + ]

The federal government review into the operation of Australia's .au domain registration system has outlined numerous areas for reform and improvement. [ + ]

Vodafone New Zealand has been hit with 27 Fair Trading charges for false and misleading conduct in relation to its FibreX broadband service. [ + ]

In the wake of a 28.7% increase in complaints to the TIO, the government has launched a review into telecommunications sector consumer safeguards. [ + ]

Russian state-sponsored actors were responsible for router-based cyber attacks in October 2017, according to the federal government. [ + ]

More than 1m nbn end users have upgraded their service to 50 Mbps or higher since nbn co introduced its promotional 50 Mbps wholesale price cuts in December. [ + ]

The second annual Nuix Black Report shows that 40% of hackers say they can break into a system, locate valuable data and exfiltrate it within just one hour. [ + ]

As the Commonwealth Games wrap up, work will begin on transforming the Health and Knowledge Precinct into an advanced global health and knowledge innovation hub. [ + ]

Digital currency exchange providers must now register with AUSTRAC and comply with and meet compliance and reporting obligations. [ + ]