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ASPI’s decades: Cyberattacks, deep fakes and the quantum revolution
Posted By Graeme Dobell on September 27, 2021 @ 06:00
The full integration of Australia’s military offensive cyber capability with ADF operations sets Australia’s capability apart from that of many other countries. Only a very limited number of states have this organisational arrangement, which provides a distinct battlefield edge that with modest additional investment would give Australia an asymmetric advantage in a range of contexts.
Asia is a contested zone in 2024. The US and China vie for power in the region while Chinese and American firms compete for market share ...
On the one hand, countries in the Indo-Pacific enjoy more choice than those in the Western Hemisphere, since the American and Chinese internets are both viable options in this region. Some countries are choosing to bandwagon with China ...
On the other hand, innovation in this scenario is not improving global integration. Choosing one internet increasingly means forgoing access to others. Chinese and American cybersecurity standards are not compatible. Nor is compatibility of much interest to the tech giants. Years of national tariffs, investment restrictions, divergent regulations and export controls have limited their sales in the others’ domestic markets.
Fakes are all around us. Academic analysis suggests that they’re difficult to spot without new sensors, software or other specialised equipment, with 1 in 5 photos you see being fraudulent. The exposure of deep fakes and the services they facilitate can potentially lead to suppression of information and a general breakdown in confidence in public authorities and trust. We need to react not just to false or compromised claims but to those who would try to exploit them for nefarious purposes. We should not assume the existence of fake news unless we have compelling evidence to the contrary, but when we do, we should not allow the propaganda. I’ve never been more sure of this point than today.
As geopolitical competition over critical technologies escalates, we’re also well placed to leverage our quantum capabilities owing to our geostrategic location and alliances with other technologically, economically and militarily dominant powers (most notably the Five Eyes countries) and key partnerships in the Indo-Pacific, including with Japan and India.
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[1] International Cyber Policy Centre: https://www.aspi.org.au/program/international-cyber-policy-centre
[2] strategic challenges: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/aspis-decades-cybersecurity/
[3] remarkably transparent: https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/ad-aspi/2018-04/Australias%20offensive%20cyber%20capability.pdf?VersionId=ONFm43IrJWsYq2wBL7PlzJI7lbyuVIBO
[4] secure exchanges of information: https://www.aspi.org.au/news/building-safer-internet-advocate-validate-educate
[5] fragment and divide: https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/ad-aspi/2018-12/Australias%20cyber%20security%20future.pdf?VersionId=QZ3QsI2bMkzl_6IVmOceEZdm6GWJ5KqD
[6] deep fakes’: https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/ad-aspi/2020-04/Weaponised%20deep%20fakes.pdf?VersionId=lgwT9eN66cRbWTovhN74WI2z4zO4zJ5H
[7] Influence Tracker: https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/ad-aspi/2020-04/COVID-19%20Disinformation%20%26%20Social%20Media%20Manipulation%20Trends%208-15%20April.pdf?LK2mqz3gNQjFRxA21oroH998enBW__5W=
[8] inauthentic activity: https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/ad-aspi/2020-09/Viral%20videos.pdf?VersionId=oRBhvSURmY5drwKr.EbnIZq6eu_87CKh
[9] manipulate: https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/ad-aspi/2020-10/Pro%20Kremlin%20messaging.pdf?VersionId=l_.AmnyfyGO7fhCpUbklvjDy6Le3LfbN
[10] quantum revolution: https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/ad-aspi/2021-05/Quantum%20revolution-v2.pdf?VersionId=tST6Nx6Z0FEIbFDFXVZ2bxrGp2X8d.iL
[11] An informed and independent voice: ASPI, 2001–2021: https://www.aspi.org.au/report/informed-and-independent-voice-aspi-2001-2021