ASD head details Australia’s ‘offensive cyber’ operations
For the first time, the Australian Signals Directorate has revealed details of its “offensive cyber” operations.
For the first time, the Australian Signals Directorate has revealed details of its “offensive cyber” operations.
Once a closely guarded secret, the role of the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) in what the organisation’s director-general, Mike Burgess, describes as “offensive cyber operations” has been acknowledged by Canberra since 2016.
For decades, the government didn’t even acknowledge the existence of the organisation that eventually became the Australian Signals Directorate.
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) will get a ‘Cyber Training’ range to boost its information security training capabilities, the government announced today.
Australia and other nations have the right to develop so-called cyber weapons, but international laws still apply to “cyberspace,” according to the government’s International Cyber Engagement Strategy.