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Essential Eight Retirement: What’s Next?
The ASD’s new Essentials series is a step forward in aligning cyber security guidance with modern technology environments, but its deliberate move away from prescriptive controls, no matter how narrow, creates an operational and compliance tracking challenge for Australian organisations.

Essential Eight Retirement: What’s Next?
The ASD’s new Essentials series is a step forward in aligning cyber security guidance with modern technology environments, but its deliberate move away from prescriptive controls, no matter how narrow, creates an operational and compliance tracking challenge for Australian organisations.

VENDORiQ: Auditing the New Acrobat Studio
Adobe’s Acrobat Studio transforms static PDFs into multimedia hubs, though disjointed workflows and limited audio controls currently necessitate internal-only utility.

Building Australia’s AI Powerhouse Amidst Market Turbulence – AFR Feb 9 2026
Firmus has secured $14 billion from Blackstone to build Australian AI factories, positioning for a mid-year IPO despite market volatility.

Citizen Facing Digital Services in Local Government: More Than User Journeys – Webinar and Presentation Kit
Councils’ digital strategies often fail vulnerable citizens. By adopting empathic design and optimising existing tech, executives can improve equity and efficiency.

AI as the Engine of the Innovation Economy: Part 6 – AICoE to Deliver Value and Growth
Implementing an AI Centre of Excellence (AICoE) scales innovation by shifting governance from a gatekeeper to a framework of guardrails.

Strategic Licensing Options for Public-Facing PowerBI Dashboards
Choose between free, public ‘publish to web’ exposing all underlying data, or secure, high-cost Fabric capacity for protected stakeholder insights.

AI Outlook and Board Priorities for 2026
2026 will be a watershed year as AI efforts shift from experimentation to value-based investments. As the technology continues to evolve, CIOs will need to pivot and ensure that they are aligned with the changing board and executive positions.