Critical Infrastructure Protection

Kokoda Report: Online threats a fundamental weakness in Australian security

22nd February, 2011 by Judy Hinz | Online Editor
A Kokoda Foundation report, 'Optimising Australia's Response to the Cyber Challenge', released earlier this month, has found that cyber security has become the fundamental weakness in Australia's national security, and that the threat is poorly understood by politicians, business people and the general public.
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More holistic approach needed to National Security

23rd December, 2010 by Ernie Davitt | ASM Nov-Dec 2010
One of the biggest challenges facing the new Gillard Federal Labor Government is to continue the evolution towards a more cohesive whole-of-government approach to national security policy development, budgeting and procurement.
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Q&A: Interview with Peter Major, IT Security Advisor, INTACT

12th July, 2010
Peter Major is the IT Security Advisor for whole of government and IC & IT Security Manager for the ICT assets across government in the ACT. Peter is scheduled to speak at the e-Security for Government conference in Canberra in September.
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Business as usual, says AusCERT, despite collapse of negotiations

27th June, 2010 by Judy Hinz | Online Editor
Graham Ingram, General Manager of AusCERT has declared that it is ‘business as usual’ for his team, despite negotiations having broken down over plans for AusCERT to provide services to CERT Australia, the new computer emergency response team established within the Attorney-General’s Department.
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Counter-Terrorism White Paper: No surprises in new paper

7th June, 2010 by Ernie Davitt | ASM May-June 2010
There’s good news with fresh investment in the high end of the Australian security industry, but despite a tweaking of counter-terrorism (CT) strategy, there were no real surprises in the thrust of the Federal Government’s new Counter-Terrorism White Paper.
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Big challenges ahead for CIP

21st April, 2010 by Ernie Davitt | ASM Mar-Apr 2010
Under the Federal Government’s evolutionary approach to protection of critical national infrastructure, Australia has some major runs on the board – but some significant challenges lie ahead, including effectively combating cyber-espionage.
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Intelligent security for airports

7th April, 2010 by Jane Symonds, Associate Editor | ASM Jan-Feb 2010
Siemens is offering its Siveillance SiteIQ wide-area surveillance product to the Australian market, following successful application for critical infrastructure projects in the US and Europe.
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Security Industry to Share in $500 billion dollar infrastructure program

24th July, 2009 by Ernie Davitt, National Affairs Ed | ASM | Jan-Feb
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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Defining the ‘critical’ and the ‘protection’ components of critical infrastructure protection

24th July, 2009 by Edith Cowan University | ASM | Jan-Feb 09
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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Saab completes first stage of Swedish contract

16th January, 2009 by Judy Hinz | online edition
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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Nuclear security case study: earthquake in Sichuan Province, China

14th October, 2008 by Geoff Swan | ASM | Sep/Oct 2008
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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Protecting Critical Infrastructure: Knowledge is Power

17th August, 2008 by Mike Dolamore | ASM | February 2008
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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Critical infrastructure protection gets ‘connected’

17th August, 2008 by Bill Davey | ASM | February 2008
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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OPINION: Improved security needed to protect key assets

17th August, 2008 by Graeme Mickelberg | ASM | February 2008
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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Counting the critical cost

13th August, 2008 by Leigh Funston | ASM | February 2008
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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