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Macquarie Telecom Group reaches milestone for government security-cleared personnel
Aidan Tudehope , Macquarie Government Managing Director
Macquarie Telecom Group has surpassed
200 government-cleared security staff , with plans to continue to grow that number , as it continues to invest in local skills and capability to protect Australia ’ s sensitive government and citizen data .
Surpassing 200 security-cleared staff is double the number Macquarie had only a year ago , exemplifying the rapid growth the company is experiencing . The milestone means Macquarie has the largest cohort of security cleared staff of any Australian data center and cloud service provider .
Macquarie Government Managing Director Aidan Tudehope says the impact of cyberattacks against government are far more serious than those against private enterprises , due to the nature of the data in play .
“ Attack attempts on government data and departments are far more frequent than what we see in enterprise settings ,” said Tudehope .
“ Government holds the nation ’ s data crown jewels . It belongs to all of us , every single person in Australia in some way or another .
Our government is entrusted to secure that data on behalf of every Australian . On the other hand , as individual citizens , we make the choice to share – or not – our personal data with private enterprises . These decisions are ours to make .
“ With government data the decisions on where and how sovereign data is stored and protected is the responsibility of government .”
SugarCRM strengthens commitment to full local data residency for Australia
SugarCRM has announced full data residency in Australia , ensuring that customer data is stored locally in the country as more of its products and services are offered to Australian customers .
SugarCRM becomes one of the few providers to ensure all Australian customers ’ CRM and marketing automation data is now stored securely and locally onshore . is important that all of the data , in addition to Sugar Sell and the rest of SugarCRM ’ s solutions continue to be retained in-country .”
Built on Amazon Web Services , SugarCloud leverages the latest and most secure industry adopted encryption algorithms available .
SugarCloud provides LDAP ( Lightweight Directory Access Protocol ), SAML ( Security Assertion Markup Language ), and OIDC ( OpenID Connect ) support for single sign-on for both mobile and web as another option for centralized management of passwords and MFA ( Multi-Factor Authentication ).
“ Sugar ’ s customers in Australia continue to receive assurance that their data is not being held in a foreign country , as is the case with some of the larger incumbent CRM providers operating in Australia ,” said Jason du Preez , Senior Vice President APAC , SugarCRM .
“ Sugar has been hosting customer data in Australia since its inception locally . With the introduction of some of our awardwinning solutions such as Sugar Market and SugarPredict to customers in Australia , it
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