“Xi has crafted a unique diplomatic strategy and style for his country, which serves to not only promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, but also to move forward towards the creation of a shared future for mankind.”
– Keith Bennett, vice chairman of Britain’s 48 Group Club.
As 2017 draws to a close, it is naturally time to reflect and look forward to 2018. In the shadow of Australia’s recent release of an International Cyber Engagement Strategy, this edition provides an important reflection on the Australian Cyber Security Strategy, the Australian Cyber Security Growth Network, renamed AustCyber, and Australia’s Strategy for Protecting Crowded Places from Terrorism.
Born of a political agenda, with arguably insufficient funding and focused on one aspect of security, the Australian Cyber Security Growth Network (ACSGN) has found itself some distance from what should have been an expanding term of reference. With what was the most important and exciting aspects of the ACSGN – the Security, Growth and Network, the growth and network elements appeared to recognise that cybersecurity is just one, critically interconnected part of a much larger ‘security’ challenge. From 120 companies, identified by AustCyber to exist in the ‘cybersecurity’ ecosystem, sitting within a yet unmapped national security ecosystem in Australia, there is just seven companies landing in San Francisco, as part of an extended trade mission. That is about 5 per cent of the Australian cyber security industry being supported to reach into Silicon Valley.
Providing further insight, Andreas Haggman, a Principal Research Officer at Thales Australia has compared the Australian Government’s own assessment of its progress towards implementing the National Cyber Security Strategy with the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s (ASPI) evaluation of the same progress. Haggman concludes, “The Government’s appraisal of its own progress with regards to the goals set out in Australia’s Cyber Security Strategy is, for the most part, not a reflection of reality…The importance of this article and of the ASPI evaluation is an excellent example of a way to hold government accountable for their strategic promises, paving the way for more effective policymaking in the future.”…Click HERE to read full article.
