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These are troubled times judging by recent reports of the how ill-prepared our allies are to engage in cyber wars.

The World Wide Web and the networking technology, the internet which underpins it, represent a disruptive technology in that it changed the world and it operates.

NZ’s national cyber security policy was released in June 2011. No less than 13 pages of it, including a paragraph on ‘hactivism’ and the hactivist.

Australian Governments, industry sectors recognise cyber-space as an essential and non-negotiable enabler of national power, economic prosperity and social amenity.

Defence took a big step forward to revamp its computer applications and access to its networks with the announcement of a major five-year contract with IBM in December 2011.

More than two years into the reform process, ICT continues to represent a material risk to the timely achievement of the Strategic Reform Program (SRP) investment and savings targets set in support of the longer?term objectives of the Defence White Paper.

The Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, Warren Snowdon, announced that the Government has given first pass approval to Defence's Centralised Processing Project to begin.

Lockheed Martin has confirmed it will open its NexGen Cyber Innovation and Technology Centre in Canberra, at a gathering of leading IT technology providers operating in Australia.

As part of the 26th Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations a range of new and emerging security challenges, including the importance of closer collaboration on cyber security issues were discussed.

Australia and the US are determined to broaden their security cooperation efforts to counter threats and challenges of the future, Defense Secretary Leon E Panetta said September 15.

A new study warns that the US must develop cyber intelligence as a new and better coordinated government discipline that can predict computer-related threats and deter them.

US Deputy Secretary of Defense William J. Lynn, III, has announced the establishment of a pilot cyber security program, initially covering a small number of US defence companies.

The US Defense Department is extending its reach beyond the traditional supplier base to seek proposals from the cyber community with the aim of strengthening the Departments Cyber Security capabilities.

If you think cyber security is the province of the IT professionals in an organisation, this sobering report by McAfee on the extent of undetected intrusions should cause you to think again.

Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Senator David Feeney has officially opened the new Defence Service Centre in the northern Canberra suburb of Mitchell.