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As the Russian invasion of Ukraine reverberates online, Labor’s “better and smarter” cybersecurity ideas will face a complex cybersecurity reality to better protect Australian businesses.

Cybersecurity is a top global priority which will continue to escalate. However, the demographics within the industry are still outdated. The field desperately needs more leadership to support and change in order to attract women into the industry.

Most — if not all — women, have experienced gender bias at their place of work at some point. Sometimes, the subtly of the bias paired with the fact that we’re simply used to men being “in charge”, means that this bias can affect us subconsciously for years.

The University of Adelaide revealed that they’ve experienced a 38% rise in female students taking up STEM studies, between 2017 and 2021. This is positive progress, but how can we ensure that this trend is replicated at a national level across all schools?

Today is International Data Privacy Day. In fact, every day should be Data Privacy day, given its relevance and the likelihood that it will be one of the widely discussed topics in the technologically dependent, post-pandemic world.

A massive hike in wages for skilled software developers and cybersecurity engineers is putting local start-ups under strain, with several executives warning they are unable to compete for talent.

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Anticipation is growing ahead of the inaugural InnovationAus Awards for Excellence, to be unveiled on the evening of December 1. The Awards celebrate inventiveness and imagination from across the Australian technology, science and innovation ecosystems, with some of our nation’s newest and most resourceful startups standing shoulder-to-shoulder with giants of industry.