An Industry Advisory Panel (IAP) established to provide strategic advice on Australia’s 2020 Cyber Security Strategy has issued its report, finding there has never been a more important time for Australia to strengthen its cyber defences.
Chair of the IAP, Managing Director of Telstra, Andrew Penn said the report, Australia’s 2020 Cyber Security Strategy – Industry Advisory Panel Report, included 60 recommendations to bolster Australia’s critical cyber defences.
“The Panel’s recommendations are designed to create robust and adaptable defences able to evolve as threats evolve and technologies change,” Mr Penn said.
“We are seeing increased levels of malicious cyber activity, both state-based and criminal,” he said.
“Successfully meeting this challenge requires upgrading Australia’s cyber defences to be strong, adaptive and built around a strategic framework that is coordinated, integrated and capable.”
Mr Penn said the Panel’s recommendations were structured around a framework with five key pillars: Deterrence; Prevention; Detection; Resilience; and Investment.
“Today technology sits at the very heart of the lives of most Australians and increasingly shapes our economy, our society and our future,” he said.
He said embracing Australia’s digital future would be central to its post-COVID-19 recovery and long-term competitiveness.
Minister for Home Affairs, Peter Dutton, who established the IAP, said the Government would consider its recommendations before releasing the 2020 Cyber Security Strategy in the coming months.
The Panel’s 50-page report can be accessed at this PS News link.
