Aust gov tightens internet security

Saturday night, figure there's nothing else much better to do then post a nice blog. Since all of the other blogs have been about security breaches and issues, I decided to research a bit about improvements. The Australian federal government has moved to tackle cyber-attacks and other intrusions under an initiative that will reduce the number of internet gateways within government from 124 to just eight. This is a secure internet gateway program that is designed to improve security with respects to internet traffic, while helping save the government while saving significant costs over the next three years. The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, is the first lead agency to sign-up for this program and there presence will assist in the initial internet trafficking and filtering in the start up. The theory behind this program is that reducing the number of gateways will improve security through a more consistent approach by applying gateway management. This will allow the team that is running this program to make sure appropriate information and channels are operating with proper use and respect. This is an excellent program to integrate within a country, as there are many speculations and concern these days with federal governments vulnerability and outside access to information. With any luck, this will minimize the number of information leaks and detour any hackers from attempting to access classified information.

http://www.futuregov.asia/articles/2012/oct/04/aust-gov-tightens-internet-security/