CO-INCIDING with National E-security Awareness Week, the Federal government has announced it will release a policy framework to tie together a number of new e-security initiatives.
The government said the policy framework will be released within the next three months.
According to the head of the national security resilience policy division Mike Rothery, an e-security policy framework is currently in the final approval stages.
The national security resilience policy division was established in March as part of the Attorney-General's Department.
The division is responsible for responsible for policy, legislation, advice and programs related to developing national resilience to the full range of natural and human made hazards including e-security, critical infrastructure protection, identity protection and also emergency management policy.
Rothery said one of the biggest priorities for his 100-strong team would be working with Defence on the creation of a cyber security operations centre.
Rothery’s division is also working with the Internet Industry Association on the creation of an ISP code of conduct and is leading information exchanges with the banking, utility and telco industries.
The information exchanges will facilitate the sharing of sensitive information about security vulnerabilities with the private sector, Rothery said.
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