Through a glass dimly: Australia's new cyber security policy

from apperspective.net: Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced that $1.46 billion has been set aside by the Australian federal government to strengthen cyber networks as part of a National Security Strategy (PDF).

The funding ,which will be spread out to the year 2020, is designed to strengthen what Gillard described as Australia’s “most sensitive” networks.

In addition, a new Australian Cyber Security Centre will be established by the end of 2013 which will combine existing cyber security capabilities across the Attorney-General’s Department, Defence, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Australian Crime Commission in one location.

According to Gillard, the centre will provide Australia with an expanded and more agile response capability to deal with all cyber issues, be they related to government, industry, crime or security.

“Importantly it will also create a hub for greater collaboration with the private sector, state and territory governments and international partners to combat the full breadth of cyber threats,” she said during a speech delivered in Canberra.

“Malicious cyber activity will likely be with us for many decades to come, so we must be prepared for a long, persistent fight.”

Gillard also announced that she has established the Office of the Cyber Policy Coordinator to provide leadership and coordination.

“For the public sector, we must ensure that our most important networks are some of the hardest to compromise in the world,” she said.

“But government alone cannot develop a secure and safe digital environment.”

Gillard added that the federal government must continue to work closely with the information security industry and international partners to develop a set of “global norms” for online behaviour.

“The Internet must remain open but also be secure.”

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get ready for digital false flag attacks

Is the new Cybercommand policy to open the public's eyes? Or, is the only open eye at the top of the pyramid? Are you beginning to feel like an abused b-slapped spouse? You should! Rob Kall at OEN writes definitive article, "Get Ready for Digital False Flag Attacks," about Pentagon's move to codify cyberwar with "equivalence" policy. "If a cyber attack produces the death, damage, destruction or high-level disruption that a traditional military attack would cause, then it would be a candidate for a "use of force" consideration, which could merit retaliation." It's simply an eye for an eye. The United States will be allowed by policy to retaliate with military force if a Stuxnet-like virus turned off, say, nuclear plant vents and caused a F**USHIMA here!.


Do you believe hundreds of Cybercommand desktop warriors make you safer? An imagination can run wild. An old GE nuclear plant suffers a core meltdown due to stuck or damaged valves which fail to vent as a result of destructive commands from a Stuxnet virus! You wonder if older plants are more vulnerable and reason Germany closed their oldest reactors? Within a day if not hours, the enemy gets identified as Pakistan and yet another military operation organized to get the evil-doers! It's just one possible scenario but the potential is there for another public sacrifice on the path to another war! Does it sound familiar?

The thin cover provided by lame politically-inspired false flag events are the b-slap across your face as the perps hiss, "what ya' gonna do 'bout it?" What are we going to do about it?