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Australia and Cyber-warfare
This book from 2008 describes the contemporary state of planning and thinking within the Australian Defence Force (ADF) with respect to Network Centric Warfare (NCW) at that time, and discusses the vulnerabilities that accompany the use by Defence of the National Information Infrastructure (NII), as well as Defence’s responsibility for the protection of the NII.

Editors
Apr 161 min read


Technology Impact Assessment for Peace and Stability: A Comparative Study on Australia and India
This 2025 paper seeks to strengthen consensus among key stakeholders in Australia and India regarding the importance of a joint technology assessment process.

Editors
Mar 261 min read


Disaster Resilience Commission
Australian policy response to the coronavirus outbreak has followed a two-step process, with containment the highest priority (the bio-medical and humanitarian view) and with economic and social consequences (a whole of society view) occupying a clear follow-on priority.

Editors
Mar 151 min read


Valuation of Reputation Damage for Transport Cyber Attack: Methods and Findings
Cybersecurity attacks have become a growing focus for many businesses and governments. A challenge in responding is to determine the level and allocation of cyber-security budgets.

Editors
Mar 91 min read


Evaluating Australian Cyber Policy Reform: Urgency, Coherence, and Depth
This 2023 paper reflects on a proposed system for benchmarking and evaluating cybersecurity strategies, assessing both the strategy's design and its implementation. In doing so, it critiques existing approaches as Australia emerges from what the government has described as a period of “cyber slumber.”

Editors
Mar 62 min read
The Social Cyber Institute uses its Research Highlights Blog to resurface key ideas from past research and activities of the Fellows of the Institute. It does not function as a news commentary blog.
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