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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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