n 2019 and 2020, sixteen Australian and international researchers looked closely at the subject of civil defence from the perspective of  cyber emergencies in Australia, Europe, Israel, Canada and the US.

“The single most important characteristic of Australian cyber diplomacy has been the contrast between the professionalism of the… officials… and their relative lack of enthusiasm for the full potential of the globalised information society.” 

Here is a presentation from 2018 marking the foundation of the Social Cyber Group and its affiliated Social Cyber Institute in Australia. Both are spin-offs from UNSW Canberra. The key message was this: “Cyber security is now a social science.”