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Author Waters, Gary, 1951-

Title Australia and cyber-warfare / Gary Waters ; Desmond Ball ; Ian Dudgeon.

Publication Info. Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press, 2008.

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Canberra papers on strategy and defence ; no. 168
Canberra papers on strategy and defence ; no. 168.
Contents Foreword / Kim C. Beazley -- Introduction: Australia and Cyber-warfare -- Australian Defence Force and Network Centric Warfare -- Information Warfare--Attack and Defence -- Targeting Information Infrastructures -- Protecting Information Infrastructures -- An Australian Cyber-warfare Centre.
Summary "This book explores Australia's prospective cyber-warfare requirements and challenges. It describes the current state of planning and thinking within the Australian Defence Force with respect to Network Centric Warfare, and discusses the vulnerabilities that accompany the use by Defence of the National Information Infrastructure (NII), as well as Defences responsibility for the protection of the NII. It notes the multitude of agencies concerned in various ways with information security, and argues that mechanisms are required to enhance coordination between them. It also argues that Australia has been laggard with respect to the development of offensive cyber-warfare plans and capabilities. Finally, it proposes the establishment of an Australian Cyber-warfare Centre responsible for the planning and conduct of both the defensive and offensive dimensions of cyber-warfare, for developing doctrine and operational concepts, and for identifying new capability requirements. It argues that the matter is urgent in order to ensure that Australia will have the necessary capabilities for conducting technically and strategically sophisticated cyber-warfare activities by the 2020s. The Foreword has been contributed by the Hon. Kim C. Beazley, former Minister of Defence (198490), who describes it as a timely book which transcends old debates on priorities for the defence of Australia or forward commitments, [and] debates about globalism and regionalism, and as an invaluable compendium to the current process of refining the strategic guidance for Australias future defence policies and capabilities."--Provided by publisher.
Local Note JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access
Language English.
Subject Information warfare -- Australia.
Information warfare.
Australia.
Command and control systems -- Australia.
Command and control systems.
Military telecommunication.
Military telecommunication.
Indexed Term defence.
australia.
cyber warfare.
information warfare.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Ball, Desmond.
Dudgeon, Ian.
ANU E Press.
ISBN 9781921313806 (electronic book)
1921313803 (electronic book)
9781921313790
192131379X
Standard No. 10.26530/OAPEN_458812