Industry News
NZ's Auldhouse expands security training capabilities
New Zealand's Auldhouse has been selected as the official New Zealand partner for major cybersecurity training providers including ISACA. [ + ]
Should parents be paid for lockdown homeschooling?
Families who conducted homeschooling during lockdown should be provided with financial support, according to an expert from the Australian National University. [ + ]
Cyber Academy scholarship program for veterans
Allectum has announced the Veterans Cyber Academy Scholarship program, creating employment opportunities and addressing skills shortages. [ + ]
Alex building full service digital bank on Azure
Australian fintech Alex is building a full service bank on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform, starting with its personal loan product. [ + ]
Qld offers incentives for digital games industry
The Queensland Government will offer incentives targeting the digital games industry in an effort to create more local jobs. [ + ]
Willyama joins Airbus's Team Maier
Indigenous and veteran-owned professional services company Willyama will participate in the Airbus-led bid to build a sovereign military satcom capability. [ + ]
Government blocking phishing texts spoofing agencies
A pilot program to block phishing SMSs spoofing senders including Centrelink and myGov has resulted in more than 2500 blocked scam texts in the last year. [ + ]
Australian SMEs facing rising cyber threat
Two in three Australian SMEs fell victim to cyber attacks during the last year, according to research released by Cisco. [ + ]
How children's brains retain language
Researchers have been studying how specific brain regions activate as toddlers remember new words while sleeping. [ + ]
Transitioning back to in-class learning
With NSW and Victoria emerging from lockdown, the Student Wellbeing Hub has updated its COVID-19 wellbeing resource page. [ + ]
Artists on Spotify can now sell merch, with Spotify partnership
Shopify and Spotify have partnered to allow artists on Spotify to connect their profiles to their Shopify stores, to market merchandise directly to fans. [ + ]
ANZ CIOs expect 3.1% budget growth in 2022
CIOs across Australia and New Zealand are expecting the highest annual budget growth for more than 10 years in 2022, Gartner said. [ + ]
Australia leads APAC in adoption of zero trust
Nearly 90% of Australian organisations have adopted a zero trust strategy in the wake of increased cybersecurity challenges brought on by COVID-19. [ + ]
Coles launches new tech talent recruitment campaign
Coles' new Relauncher campaign is aimed at giving parents, carers and entrepreneurs a chance to return to the technology workforce after periods of leave. [ + ]
RMIT experts urge passage of crypto reforms
Experts from RMIT's Blockchain Innovation Hub have urged parliament to adopt the findings of the recent Senate inquiry into regulating cryptocurrency assets. [ + ]