On 16/11/15 10:25, Jan Whitaker wrote: > http://www.itnews.com.au/news/turnbull-orders-rewrite-of-draft-australian-cyber-strategy-411749 > > Either the writer is confused or the government is, or both ...
All of the above: The Australian government has had several attempts at cyber security strategy, but there are differences of opinion, and emphasis, between agencies. As the media report says, the latest review is likely due to the new PM's interest in IT. This could be a good thing, as the previous attempts have not acknowledged that this is primarily an issue for the private sector, not government. The UK "Cyber Security Strategy: Protecting and promoting the UK in a digital world", was released 25 November 2011. This had the GCHQ Joint Cyber Unit and an expanded Centre for Protection of the National Infrastructure: http://www.cpni.gov.uk/ The ACS assisted with government public consultations on cyber-security around Australia in October 2011. As a member of an ACS Cyber Task Force, I assisted with the ACS Submission for the Australian Cyber Policy White Paper and "Response to The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet's Discussion Paper": https://digitalcollections.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/9471/1/ACS_ResponseConnectingConfidence_2011.pdf PM&C was planning to issue a "Cyber White Paper" in early 2012, but this did not occur. Proposals have been churning around internally in government since then, with little in the way of productive outcomes. -- Tom Worthington FACS CP, TomW Communications Pty Ltd. t: 0419496150 The Higher Education Whisperer http://blog.highereducationwhisperer.com/ PO Box 13, Belconnen ACT 2617, Australia http://www.tomw.net.au Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Research School of Computer Science, Australian National University http://cs.anu.edu.au/courses/COMP7310/ _______________________________________________ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
