A new Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASCS) will be established in Canberra to boost the country’s ability to protect against cyber-attacks, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced Thursday 24 January 2013. Making the announcement at the Defence Signals Directorate’s Cyber Security Operations Centre, Ms Gillard said that by drawing on the skills of the nation’s best cyber security experts, the ACSC will help ensure Australian networks are among the hardest to compromise in the world