[LINK] OzIT: GovCERT favoured over AusCERT

[Tom Worthington]

At 12:29 PM 14/04/2009, Roger Clarke wrote:
>[AusCERT left out in the cold?]
>
>National security resources opened up to business The Australian IT 
>Section Karen Dearne April 14, 2009 
>http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,25329466-15306,00.html ...

It would be a lot simpler and more effective for the government to 
fund AusCert <http://www.auscert.org.au/>. I doubt business would 
have a lot of confidence in the Attorney General's department, where 
GovCert is located <http://www.ag.gov.au/govcert>, giving independent 
and competent advice on computer security issues. Come to think of 
it, if I was a government agency, I would not have a lot of 
confidence in GovCert either. I would want to have a subscription to AusCert.



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