The Australian Government has admitted for the first time that it has the ability to launch cyber attacks. The statement is in a $230 million Cyber Security Strategy that will be launched by the Prime Minister today, aimed at beefing up the nation's defences against online assaults on individuals, businesses and governments.

This strategy sets out the Turnbull Government’s philosophy and program for meeting the dual challenges of the digital age—advancing and protecting Australia's interests online.

The consumer IoT issues identified in this research report are derived from three broad consumer-focused use-cases: ‘smart’ homes and appliances (Connected Homes), wearables (activity trackers, smartwatches, implantable devices etc.) and health care (Connected Humans), and smart cities and smart cars (Connected Habitats). From these three IoT use-cases, the report identifies the following broad IoT consumer...

The purpose of this study is to shed light on the problem of medical data loss—how it is disclosed, who is causing it and what can be done to combat it. This is a far-reaching problem that impacts not only organizations that are victims of these breaches, but also doctor-patient relationships. And it can have...

Seventieth session, agenda item 17 Information and communications technologies for development The General Assembly adopts the following outcome document of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the overall review of the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society at its seventieth session: Outcome document of the high-level meeting...