ISACA has released new CISM and CRISC online review courses, enabling participants to learn at their own pace. [ + ]

The Australian Information Industry Association has welcomed the government's reforms to its ICT procurement arrangements, including the $100m cap on individual IT contracts. [ + ]

Start-up Hyper Anna has closed a $16m Series A funding round to help expand its AI-powered data analytics services into international markets. [ + ]

After three consecutive quarters of declines, DDoS attack activity increased 28% year-on-year during Q2, research from Akamai indicates. [ + ]

Australians have been warned to be vigilant about an nbn scam designed to gain access to their money and personal information. [ + ]

Individual government IT contracts will be capped at $100m and three years' duration to help give smaller Australian tech companies more opportunities to secure government projects. [ + ]

The world's biggest data breaches have been recorded in an infographic, showing the increase in these breaches over time. [ + ]

The ACCC wants internet retailers to specify typical minimum download speeds. [ + ]

A supercomputer powering astrophysics research at Swinburne University of technology will be built by Dell EMC. [ + ]

Two universities have recently appointed new CIOs. [ + ]

The Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet's Cyber Resilience Taskforce is discussing the creation of a cybersecurity charter to define good practice cybersecurity service standards. [ + ]

The Petya ransomware outbreak in June significantly affected Maersk's container shipping operations and is estimated to have cost the company up to $300m. [ + ]

Reforms are being introduced to stamp out money laundering and terrorism financing. [ + ]

The Small Business Digital Grants program being run by the Queensland Government is assisting small businesses in Mackay. [ + ]

Siemens will provide a $135 million industrial digitalisation software grant to the Swinburne University of Technology 'Factory of the Future'. [ + ]