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.

All security outcomes in cyberspace are determined by individuals, whose behaviour is shaped by their social setting, whether organisational or cultural. Yet there has been little evidence globally of the necessary adjustment of policy or practice that gives due weight to the social science dimensions.

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.