Protection of Australia in the Cyber Age

Australia has developed sophisticated national security policies and physical security agencies to protect against current and future security threats associated with critical infrastructure protection and cyber warfare protection. In this paper, the authors examine some common security risks that f...

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Published inInternational journal of cyber warfare and terrorism Vol. 1; no. 1; pp. 35 - 40
Main Authors Warren, Matthew, Leitch, Shona
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hershey IGI Global 01.01.2011
Subjects
Australia
Critical infrastructure
Electronic warfare
Infrastructure
Internet
National defense
National security
Public policy
Risk
Threats
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Summary:Australia has developed sophisticated national security policies and physical security agencies to protect against current and future security threats associated with critical infrastructure protection and cyber warfare protection. In this paper, the authors examine some common security risks that face Australia and how government policies and strategies have been developed and changed over time, for example, the proposed Australian Homeland Security department. This paper discusses the different steps that Australia has undertaken in relation to developing national policies to deal with critical infrastructure protection.
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ISSN:1947-3435
1947-3443
DOI:10.4018/ijcwt.2011010104