Cyber Security Strategy Archives

Cyber Security

Govt launches $26.5m cyber skills grant program

Grants of up to $3 million are on offer for cybersecurity training programs as part of a $26.5 million national cybersecurity strategy initiative officially launched by the federal government...

AFP muscles up on cybercrime response

28 September 2020 | by David McClure

The Australian Federal Police has made cybercrime a central priority for 2020 and beyond, ratcheting up cybercrime operations as the force confronts COVID-themed cyberattacks, as well as an increase...

Mandatory cyber standards for private sector

24 June 2020 | by Denham Sadler

There are concerns the government’s rumoured plans to mandate cybersecurity standards in the private sector could lead to SMEs being punished and difficulties around enforcement. Cybersecurity experts and the...

Cyber defences: What happens next

10 August 2018 | by James Riley

In the most significant speech of his political career, Angus Taylor has outlined a fundamental re-making of Australia’s cyber security strategy through the creation of a ‘cyber defence network’...

PM plots refresh for cyber strategy

6 June 2017 | by James Riley

Just 14 months after the launch of the Australian Government’s Cyber Security Strategy, the Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has begun a process of refreshing the plan, and has looked...