{"id":17243,"date":"2014-12-03T14:30:24","date_gmt":"2014-12-03T03:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/?p=17243"},"modified":"2014-12-09T09:34:50","modified_gmt":"2014-12-08T22:34:50","slug":"cyber-wrap-53","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/cyber-wrap-53\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyber wrap"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Canberra<\/a>It has been a big week for cyber here in Canberra so this week\u2019s edition is all about Oz.<\/p>\n

The biggest news came on Thursday when Prime Minster Abbott travelled to the shores of Lake Burley Griffin to officially open the Australian Cyber Security Centre<\/a> (ACSC). While the ACSC has already been working behind the scenes, the long-awaited official opening comes 23 months after the Centre was first announced in January 2013, by PM Julia Gillard.<\/p>\n

The Australian Cyber Security Centre aims to bring together operational cyber capabilities from across government to improve coordination and cooperation. The Centre will be governed by an Attorney-General\u2019s-led Cyber Security Operations Board, but will include elements from Defence, the Attorney-General\u2019s Department (AGD), CERT Australia, the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, the Australian Federal Police, and the Australian Crime Commission. Major General Steve Day will serve as the Centre\u2019s inaugural coordinator. For a good read on how the ACSC fits into the larger Australian cybersecurity space, take a look back at our Special Report on the emerging agenda for cybersecurity<\/a>.<\/p>\n

During the official opening, the Prime Minister also announced the start of a Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) cybersecurity review process<\/a>. The last cybersecurity review was conducted back in 2008 by AGD and eventually fed into the 2009 Cyber Security Strategy<\/a>\u00a0(PDF). While there were some signs that a Cyber White Paper might emerge<\/a> back in 2012, the current review is a promising move toward a much needed update of the 2009 strategy.<\/p>\n

The details<\/a> of the review process have been quite scant, so we\u2019ll let you make what you will of the aims of the process. The Review will:<\/p>\n