A new type of scrutineer needed for Senate elections
There are few processes as critical to the smooth running of a society than the electoral process. It's a procedure in which we must all trust.
Stories by Ian Brightwell
Can the internet save the gay marriage vote?
The federal government has asked the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) to carry out a survey to determine if Australians are for or against gay marriage.
Is a ‘fixed price’ Agile contract possible?
Finding it difficult to put together fixed price contracts under your existing IT procurement guidelines as you move to an Agile approach to software development? Well, you’re not alone.
Governments must be more transparent about ICT project statuses
The NSW and Victorian state governments are providing more transparency around the status of their ICT projects. But when will other states and the feds come to the party?
Opinion: Has the ABS learnt anything from its e-Census DDoS debacle?
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) suffered a humiliating failure of its systems last August, which was largely attributed to its inability to manage security and operational risk of a key business system.
Opinion: Are the ATO and Census failures just the tip of the iceberg?
There is no point putting “lipstick on a pig” by implementing online transactional systems using tired backend infrastructure, says Ian Brightwell.
How to assess your organisation’s cyber security resilience
High profile cyber attacks over the past 12 months – Census and the Bureau of Meteorology are two examples – have company directors scrambling to tighten up their IT security strategies.