National Cyber Reserve Forces: Assessing the Options

In the harsh reality of today’s international environment, we must enhance Australia’s defensive capabilities. And we must do so quickly. One way to rapidly increase our defensive capabilities in the Cyber domain is to learn from international experience in establishing some form of national cyber reserve force. This webinar will present the findings from research by Professor Dan Svantesson and Associate Professor Samuli Haataja on Cyber volunteer capabilities. The project, including overseas field work, has been funded by the Department of Defence’s Strategic Policy Grants Program. The webinar will highlight developments from Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Taiwan, Ukraine and the US, and demonstrate that volunteers can play an important role across a range of topics including cyber security, information conflict, Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), espionage, and proactive cyber operations. Proposals will be presented for what Australia may learn from what already is happing overseas.  The presentation will run for 45 minutes followed…