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Cyber Technology
       But the country is in dire need of a civil   trained  to  respond  to  national  cyber   The third task of all stakeholders is
       defence strategy for cyber space that   emergencies. A cyber civil corps could   to mobilise an expanding knowledge
       addresses both levels of attack. There   also help to define training needs and   community  led  by  researchers  from
       is no significant mention of cyber threats   contribute to national training packages.  academia, government and the private
       in the website of the Australian Disaster   The  second  task  falls  to  private   sector.
       Resilience Knowledge Hub.            business, who face potentially crippling   What  exists  at  the  moment  is
          This is a completely new form of civil   costs in random cyber attacks.  minimalist,  and  appears  hostage  to
       defence, and it may need a new form of   They  will  need  to  build  their  own   the preferences of a handful of senior
       organisation to carry it forward. A new,   body of expertise in cyber simulations   officials  in Australian  Cyber  Security
       dedicated  arm  of  a  existing  agency,   and  exercise.  Contracting  out   Centre (ACSC) and the Department of
       such as the State Emergency Services   such  responsibilities  to  consulting   Home Affairs who may not be in post
       (SES), is another potential solution.  companies, or one-off reports, would   within several years.
          One of us (Greg Austin) proposed   produce  scattershot  results.  Any   Cyber  civil  defence  is  the
       in  2016  the  creation  of  a  new   “lessons  learnt”  within  firms  about   responsibility of the entire community.
       “cyber  civil  corps”. This  would  be  a   contingency management could fail to   Australia  needs  a  national  standing
       disciplined service relying on part-time   be consolidated and shared with the   committee for cyber security emergency
       commitments  from  the  people  best   wider business community.         management and resilience that is an
                                                                                equal partnership between government,
                                                                                business, and academic specialists.
                                                                                Courtesy Conversation
                                                                                Authors
                                                                                 Adam Henry
                                                                                Adjunct Lecturer, UNSW
                                                                                Greg Austin
                                                                                Professor UNSW Canberra Cyber, UNSW


















































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