Stories about: ANAO

With some 48,000 contracts, worth an estimated $14.8 billion, entered into by federal government departments annually, security procedures for dealing with contractors still require improvement, according to the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO).

Problems with agency IT security are again under the spotlight, with reports from both Australia and the US highlighting widespread problems with compliance.

Special Minister of State Gary Nairn has expressed disappointment at the findings of a report into Internet security by Australia's National Audit Office (ANOA).

Six Australian government agencies have come under fire from the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) for having lax security.

Even though the Australian government may have an effective IT security framework, a recent report shows that certain government agencies are not living up to it, highlighting a great concern.

Tsunami, bombings, hurricanes - the past year's disasters have been a wake-up call for Australia's government risk management practitioners.

The Department of Immigration is to spend up to $44 million over four years to upgrade the capacity and effectiveness of the Movement Alert List system and software, which Immigration considers one of its best border control tools.

Serious flaws in the Department of Immigration Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (DIMIA) IT systems has led to users creating their own information silos - on high-risk visa applicants - that do not tie in with the main enterprise systems.