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National Security stories

Brennan boosts sovereign SOC as demand shifts onshore

Brennan folds CBR Cyber into Canberra-based operations as more Australian agencies and regulated firms seek sovereign Security Operations Centre support.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Last month

Robotics

Deteqt raises AUD $5 million to build quantum magnetometer

Deteqt secures AUD $5 million seed backing to speed up a chip-scale quantum magnetometer for GPS-free defence navigation and wider uses.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month

Global Stories

National Security stories

Data Protection

Cyber rules shift as geopolitics & AI reshape policy

NCC Group says geopolitics, digital sovereignty and AI are driving tougher cyber rules, with boards facing greater accountability and scrutiny.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Last month

Firewalls

QuSecure urges firms to start post-quantum migration now

QuSecure says post-quantum migration should be treated as an urgent operational task, as Google, Cloudflare and India push 2029 deadlines.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month

Drones

Operator XR launches portable VR counter-drone training

Operator XR unveils portable Interceptor VR training for counter-drone teams as defence spending rises and agencies seek faster preparation.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month

Data Analytics

Valliance hires Palantir specialists amid AI deployment gap

Valliance hires former Palantir experts and launches customer review as it seeks to close the AI deployment gap in UK and Europe.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month

Hyperscale

Iran threat puts Stargate UAE data centre in focus

Iran's Revolutionary Guard has named OpenAI's Abu Dhabi Stargate campus as a possible target, sharpening fears over Gulf AI infrastructure amid rising tensions.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month

Storage

OneQode, Hitachi Vantara & Cylix launch sovereign AI

OneQode, Hitachi Vantara and Cylix Applied Intelligence launch a sovereign AI factory push across Australia, Japan, Malaysia and Singapore.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month

Stories from Other Regions

National Security stories

Hyperscale

UK backs Cosine with GPU hours for sovereign AI push

UK grants Cosine 500,000 GPU hours on Isambard-AI as the London startup pushes to build Britain's fully sovereign coding model.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month

Semiconductors

Canada opens AI compute funding round for supercomputer

Canada opens applications for a public AI supercomputer backed by AUD $890 million, aiming to keep computing power, data and decision-making at home.

By Jake MacAndrew • 3 min read • Last month

DevOps

Campaign urges UK cyber law reform to back researchers

CyberUp urges ministers to modernise the Computer Misuse Act as a report warns outdated rules are hampering cyber research and investment.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Oledcomm wins NATO DIANA spot for Li-Fi drone tech

Firm Oledcomm has joined NATO's DIANA programme after its light-based drone links impressed evaluators, with a second secure mesh project also in the mix.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last month

Data Protection

On the table: Bill C-22 revives Canada's lawful access debate

Canada's Bill C-22 would let police confirm subscribers without a warrant, while forcing providers to retain data and build access tools for investigations.

By Jake MacAndrew • 6 min read • Last month

Advanced Persistent Threat Protection

Ottawa launches Level 1 cyber scheme for defence suppliers

Canada sets out cyber checks for defence suppliers, with annual self-assessments due from 2026 and tougher levels to follow in stages.

By Jake MacAndrew • 3 min read • Last month

Supply Chain

AtkinsRéalis, Hanwha Ocean sign Canada submarine pact

AtkinsRéalis, Hanwha Ocean seal MoU to explore Canadian submarine manufacturing, infrastructure and nuclear support under Ottawa defence strategy.

By Jake MacAndrew • 3 min read • Last month

Agricultural Technology

Hypertec's Ciara to make first NVIDIA OEM systems in Canada

Ciara becomes Canada's first NVIDIA OEM partner to make AI servers domestically, in a boost for sovereign computing and local supply chains.

By Jake MacAndrew • 3 min read • Last month

Hyperscale

Atomic-6 launches orbital data centre marketplace for AI

Atomic-6 unveils ODC.space marketplace for orbital computing capacity, targeting AI and government users facing Earthbound data centre bottlenecks.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last month

Artificial Intelligence

OptiValue Tek wins government order for counter-UAV tech

OptiValue Tek lands a multi-million-dollar government order in India for its counter-UAV defence platform, boosting its push into national security tech.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Last month