Technology company Cisco has joined forces with the University of Adelaide under the Defence Trailblazer to develop technologies for secure military platforms.
This project will assess the cyber resilience of the health, usage, and maintenance systems (HUMS) on military platforms. The outcomes will characterise the vulnerabilities of current HUMS systems, and provide recommendations for greater cyber resilience.
“We are thrilled to work with Cisco on our first information warfare & advanced cyber technologies project," said Defence Trailblazer Executive Director, Dr Sanjay Mazumdar.
"The project aims to accelerate the translation and commercialisation of cyber technologies to safeguard our nation and remain connected to deliver secure, resilient, and scalable ICT.”
The project will be led by University of Adelaide’s Associate Professor Hung Nguyen, the Information Warfare and Advanced Cyber co-lead for the Defence Trailblazer, from a research laboratory at the Australian Cyber Collaboration Centre (Aus3C) in Adelaide’s innovation district, Lot Fourteen.
“My research will apply new advanced algorithms and mathematical models to solve problems in platform security. We focus on developing provable cyber defensive solutions," said Associate Professor Nguyen.
"This means building and configuring systems that are secure by design and training trustworthy AI agents to help defend networked systems. By employing tools from graph theory, game theory and AI/Machine Learning (ML) we can develop practical solutions that help human operators deal with the complexity, fast-paced and deceptive nature of the cyber environments.”
As an industry partner and global leader in secure networking, Cisco aims to provide expertise in cybersecurity; protecting networks to meet mission requirements.
“Cisco is a world leader in secure networking technology, and we are delighted to bring our global innovation pedigree to the Defence Trailblazer program," said Reg Johnson, Director, Education and Strategic Industries, Cisco Australia & New Zealand.
"Cisco‘s Country Digital Acceleration program will enable us to work with defence primes and Australian SMEs to develop real sovereign capability, and we look forward to introducing our existing partners in the Cisco National Industry Innovation Network to the national defence community and Australia’s defence industry.”
Cisco partners directly with industry and academia in alignment with the Commonwealth’s Cybersecurity Strategy, to facilitate universities generating research income from government and industry, grow cyber security enrolments and support career transitions in cyber security fields and the AUKUS alliance.