Critical Infrastructure Protection

With governments and the private sector predicted to spend over half a trillion dollars to upgrade Australia’s national public and social infrastructure – including ports, transport, power and communications – over the next decade, the protection of critical national infrastructure has never been so important.
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Western Australia’s Edith Cowan University (ECU) is actively supporting the initiative of the Attorney-General’s Department to identify what is ‘critical infrastructure’ in Australia and how this should be protected through its Security Science Department.
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Amidst idyllic surroundings lies Oskarshamn nuclear power plant with its three reactors. A new 2.7 km fence has encircled the entire facility – one element of the zone security provided by Saab.
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One of the factors resulting from the recent earthquake in Western China was the presence of radioactivity in the disaster area. Geoff Swan, of the Security Research Centre at Edith Cowan University, considers the specific importance of nuclear security.
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Telecommunications underpin a nation's critical infrastructure protection network(CIPN). It is impossible to assess Australia's CIPN without looking at the involvement of Telstra.
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The actions of well-organised protest groups have exposed major gaps in security at some of Australia's energy installations. By Graeme Mickelberg
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The effective operation of the finance and telecommunication sectors are crucial to a nation's economy. Mike Dolamore examines the threats facing these vital components of Australia's critical infrastructure.
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New technology means criminals have a new battleground on which to fight. And as Leigh Funston reports, the finance 'arm' of critical infrastructure protection has become a key target for criminals.
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