Articles by: "Tobias Feakin"
Cyber maturity in the Asia–Pacific 2015

Today ASPI’s International Cyber Policy Centre launches the second edition of its Cyber Maturity in the Asia–Pacific 2015 Report. It analyses the cyber maturity of 20 countries, representing a wide geographical and economic cross-section of …

Cyber security: the new captain’s pick

At the launch of ASPI’s International Cyber Policy Centre in 2013 I fielded a question from the audience: ‘What will help advance and grow the nature of the discussion on cyber security within Australia?’ My …

ISIS pushes for offensive cyber capability

The nature of ISIS’s online presence is intended to do three things. Firstly, and most importantly for the longevity of its existence, it’s intended as a mechanism to attract and recruit members to its ranks. …

Uncle Sam needs YOU, Silicon Valley

The perennial problem for governments in grappling with cyber security and cyber policy more broadly has been ‘how do we engage the private sector’. Those who spend countless hours trawling through policy documents sigh at …

Underground web – the cybercrime challenge

At the launch of the Australian Cyber Security Centre in November 2014, Prime Minister Abbott underlined the importance of cybercrime in the Government’s thinking, estimating that cybercrime costs Australia around $1.2 billion per year. That …

Strike from the air: ISIL’s reach

Below is an extract from ASPI’s newly released publication Strike from the air: the first 100 days of the campaign against ISIL. There’s no doubt that the rapid rise of ISIL in Syria and especially Iraq …

Cryptomarkets: illicit goods on the darknet

In October 2013 the FBI was celebrating the arrest of Ross Ulbricht, aka ‘The Dread Pirate Roberts’ and the takedown of his online marketplace ‘Silk Road’. He was believed to have amassed in the region …