COVIDSafe info could go overseas
SECURITY REPORT REVEALS SOME COVIDSAFE INFORMATION COULD GO OVERSEAS
By Max Koslowski, Sydney Morning Herald
A secret security assessment into government agencies reveals some information stored on Amazon servers may be sent overseas, despite the federal government's assurances COVIDSafe data remains local.
The government agency assessment, completed by cyber consultancy Foresight in December last year, suggested Amazon Web Services (AWS) may rely on tools that send some stored information throughout parts of its global, 700-server network.
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UNSW cyber security expert Professor Richard Buckland said if AWS does send some information throughout its global server network, it would have implications for whole sectors that expect local data storage.
"It's not just limited to this particular app and this particular data," Professor Buckland said. "Many organisations such as universities and government agencies require that the data stays on Australian soil and does not leave."
"There is a wide sense of trust in the community that cloud providers are able to do that."
