War in the clouds

Relying on foreign cloud providers raises serious concerns about who ultimately controls our data and the systems that host it.

Sports diplomacy

Sports diplomacy can be a potent weapon in the Pacific to improve ties with democratic nations and resits China’s coercive grasp for political power and social influence.

Crowdstrike highlights global complacency

The Crowdstrike fiasco highlights the fragility of the digital economy and drawbacks of a ‘just in time’ service system with no safeguards, fallbacks and spare capacity when things start going wrong.

Cable ties

Australia’s digital connections to the rest of the world depend on sub-sea cables which remain vulnerable to hostile action by other states.