A non-profit digital risk knowledge sharing service has been given a contract to build a health cyber threat sharing network in Australia. In a statement, CI-ISAC Australia said it will use the federal government’s A$ 6.4 million ($ 4.2 million ) funding to enable the exchange of valuable cyber security threat information “more quickly, within a secure and confidential environment “.Already providing a platform for receiving and sharing cyber threat intelligence for over 100 members, including Google Cloud and the Department of Industry, Science and Resources, CI-ISAC said it will add health sector education on mitigating threats, cyber and insider threat training, attack surface monitoring, and improving cyber incident response plans. The non-profit is currently looking to join the community through its 12-month membership, which include complimentary access to medical and health-related organizations and their providers. Previous CIO of Sydney Local Health District, past CIO of NSW Health, has been appointed as the new CIO and everlasting chief executive of health NSW, according to NSF Health. Prior to joining Calvary Health Care, he served as the organization’s regional director of online wellbeing. He has oversaw significant initiatives like the NSW Health Vaccination Centre techniques and the RPA Virtual Hospital at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital as well as leading the Digital Health and Innovation staff at Sydney LHD for four decades. In his remarks regarding his interview, Taggart said,” Over the next few months, my focus will be on gathering the amazing people at health NSW and across the program and getting to know the company in more detail. Auckland hospitals were forced to a halt by a” software malfunction” Last week, there was a brief IT system failure at one of Auckland, New Zealand. On January 25, some applications at Auckland City, Waitkere, North Shore, and Middlemore Hospitals were temporarily suspended about four days early due to a technical issue. The closure, according to Te Whatu Ora Northern Region assistant chief executive Mark Shepherd, was due to a program damage, there was no evidence of any computer security issues, he added. Within the time, the networks went back and running.