COMPUTER SECURITY

Macron to sign pact targeting cyber war

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Original article by Simon Benson
The Australian – Page: 1 & 4 : 2-May-18

French President Emmanuel Macron will commence an official visit to Australia on 2 May. The Federal Government has declined to comment on speculation that Macron will sign a cyber-security agreement on the first day of his three-day visit. However, senior intelligence sources have indicated that the proposed agreement will be similar to one that Australia and the UK recently finalised. The cyber-security agreement with France would be Australia’s first with a country that is not a member of the Five Eyes intelligence network,

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, FRANCE. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, AUSTRALIAN SIGNALS DIRECTORATE, COMMONWEALTH HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING, UNITED STATES. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

Cyber risk described as growing threat to mergers, acquisitions

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Original article by Ruth Liew
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 24 : 1-Sep-15

Cyber security was a business risk that should be in the hands of senior executives, not relegated to the IT department, a conference has been told. Lawyers, investment banks and governments needed watertight cyber rules around their mergers and acquisitions deals. Toll Holdings and Macquarie Group executive director Nicola Wakefield-Evans told the King & Wood Mallesons event that cyber resilience was a key issue for board members as cyber crime grew.

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KING AND WOOD MALLESONS, TOLL HOLDINGS LIMITED, MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED – ASX MQG, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, BHP BILLITON LIMITED – ASX BHP, POTASH CORPORATION OF SASKATCHEWAN INCORPORATED, JP MORGAN CHASE AND COMPANY, PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS, TARGET CORPORATION, SONY CORPORATION