Australia’s new cybersecurity strategy is all but released. Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil and National Cyber Security Coordinator Darren Goldie have familiarised the government and industry with the strategy’s six ‘cyber shields’ and timeline of …
The federal government is poised to release a new cybersecurity strategy, which follows last year’s criminal intrusions into Australia’s health and telecommunications sectors and recent revelations that the US government is hunting Chinese malware that could disrupt critical …
In this episode, ASPI’s executive director, Justin Bassi, speaks with Jason Healey, a senior research scholar at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs specialising in cyber conflict, competition and cooperation. Jason wrote and …
Poor cybersecurity is a risk to the interconnected digital systems on which we all increasingly rely, while improved security is an opportunity to build trust and advantage by enabling further digital transformation. The Australian government …
The Chinese Communist Party has a long history of engagement with criminal organisations and proxies to achieve its strategic objectives. This article provides new evidence of the development of a CCP-linked influence-for-hire industry operating in Southeast …
Anyone watching some of the recent testimony of the technology companies appearing before Australia’s Senate Select Committee on Foreign Interference through Social Media could be forgiven for thinking Australians and our public discourse are not …
On 25 May, Australia and its partners in the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network—Canada, New Zealand, the UK and the US—made a coordinated disclosure on a state-sponsored cyber hacking group dubbed ‘Volt Typhoon’. The group has …
Facing the threat of state-sponsored cyberattack groups, the financial motivations of organised cybercrime gangs and the reckless ambitions of loosely knit hacktivist collectives, Australian organisations are fighting a cybersecurity battle on multiple fronts. While an …
In this episode, ASPI’s Alex Caples speaks with Hamish Hansford, who was recently appointed deputy secretary of cyber and infrastructure security at the Department of Home Affairs. They discuss the links between cybersecurity, supply-chain security …
Across the world, governments and businesses depend on the transformative powers of digital technology to drive economic growth. Naturally, digitalisation leaves organisations, government agencies and consumers more vulnerable to cyber threats, including from states using …
Last week, the US Department of Justice unsealed a significant criminal complaint. Police officers from China’s Ministry of Public Security (MPS) were charged with creating ‘thousands of fake online personas on social media sites, including …
Australia has joined other countries in announcing a ban on the use of TikTok on government devices, with some states and territories following suit. The rationale was based on security fears and, in particular, the risk that the …