The Australian Government has set a new target date of July 2022 for federal agencies to leave Global Switch’s Sydney data center. While several departments have left the facility, many, including Defence, failed to meet the previous migration target of September 2020 and still have data in the Chinese-owned company’s data center.
First reported by ITNews, Home Affairs boss Mike Pezzullo told a senate estimates hearing this week that most remaining agencies, including the Department of Home Affairs, had agreed to depart the facility in Sydney by that time. He added that agencies undergoing migrations have put in ‘safeguards’ to protect the data that is yet to be moved.
“Agreements have been reached with each participating agency to enable exit by the end of financial [year] 2021-22,” Pezzullo said on Monday, adding that “mitigations have been put in place by each agency” in the interim...MORE
