Huawei has filed a motion for summary judgement in a US lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a law restricting US companies from doing business with the vendor. [ + ]

Tracking via facial recognition, Wi-Fi and other means is spreading. As IT professionals, what should we do if or until these technologies are regulated? [ + ]

Competition law may need to be rewritten to address large digital platforms such as Google and Facebook buying out potential challengers, says the ACCC's Rod Sims. [ + ]

Australian firm Canva has suffered a 'security incident' and has advised all of its users to change their passwords. [ + ]

Job prospects in Australia's growing ICT sector remain strong — but only in emerging sectors such as cybersecurity and robotics. [ + ]

Australia's third-biggest smartphone vendor, Huawei, has been dealt a potentially devastating blow, with President Trump banning US companies from trading with the firm. [ + ]

Subscribers to 50 Mbps or higher nbn plans grew to represent 58.4% of the total nbn customer base as of the end of March. [ + ]

The Australian Information Industry Association and StartupAUS have called on the government to deliver on its commitments to support Australia's IT sector. [ + ]

IT governance industry association ISACA has published a white paper outlining best-practice recommendations for achieving continuous cloud oversight. [ + ]

Both major political parties have released more details of their IT, education and cyber policies. Here's our take on what they're offering. [ + ]

The OAIC's quarterly and annual Notifiable Data Breach reports find that cyber attacks are responsible for the majority of incidents, with health care the hardest hit. [ + ]

While neither side of politics is saying much about our increasingly maligned National Broadband Network during the election period, the fact is Australia is falling behind in the race to leverage the benefits — economic and social — of an emerging digitally enabled future. [ + ]

Major nbn RSPs are achieving nbn speeds closer to their maximum plan speeds, but 13% of services are still significantly underperforming. [ + ]

A joint study by DXC and Telsyte finds that one in five Australian organisations plan to create new IT roles this year to facilitate digital transformation. [ + ]

The attackers that breached the internal Citrix network appear to have used password spraying techniques to gain undetected access, the company said. [ + ]