Protecting The Security Of Australian Universities
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A new project to enhance the cybersecurity of Australia’s universities will be headed up by RMIT’s new centre for Cyber Security Research and Innovation (CSRI) with the University Foreign Interference Taskforce (UFIT). The CSRI will manage the project as part of a federal government cybersecurity grant of $1.6m announced earlier this year. CSRI Director Professor Matt Warren said the centre is uniquely placed to assist in developing the sector-wide threat modelling and threat intelligence-sharing network outlined in the Australian Government’s funding package.Announcing funding for the new taskforce back in June, Minister for Education Dan Tehan said the government would work with the higher education sector to protect students, research and academic integrity at Australian universities.
Outlining the role of the taskforce as part of that announcement, he said that the development of threat modelling and intelligence sharing between universities and government would help identify new and emerging threats as well as best-practice responses.
Building on the university’s depth of expertise, the CSRI brings together leading capabilities across multiple disciplines including business, computer science, engineering, mathematics and entrepreneurship to address cybersecurity threats.
And so the Morrison Government will provide $1.6 million to enhance the cyber security of Australia’s universities.
The Government will fund:
- A threat intelligence-sharing network
- Sector-wide threat modelling
- A national cyber security forum that will meet three times a year
Minister for Education Dan Tehan said cyber security was every Australian’s responsibility. “Our Government is working with the higher education sector to protect students, research and academic integrity at our universities....Enhancing cyber security in the higher education sector has been a core task of Government, universities and national security agencies working through the University Foreign Interference Taskforce.
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