Microsoft to help Australia’s cyber spies amid $5bn investment in cloud computing

[tidyloop]

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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/24/microsoft-to-invest-5bn-in-australian-cybersecurity-over-next-two-years

Microsoft says it will invest an additional $5bn in Australia over the next two years to expand hyperscale cloud computing capacity while collaborating with the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) to boost domestic protection from cyber threats.

Microsoft says the collaboration with the Australian government to boost domestic cybersecurity will enhance “joint capability to identify, prevent and respond to cyber threats, which are growing in both frequency and severity”.

In a statement, the computing giant said the exchange of cyber threat information leads to better protection for Australian residents, businesses and government entities. Microsoft said the focus of its activity would be on detecting, analysing and defending against sophisticated nation-state cyber threats.

 

[Cleo]

I never did find out what happened to Felix Enforcer which was some kind of weird collab between a totally legit AV and the ASD. From their data sheet " Felix Enforcer requires to
communicate with our Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) approved cloud in order to check your applications are not malicious when in Passive mode".