[LINK] Australian CyberWarfare Battalion

[Tom Worthington]

On 05/08/13 10:15, Kim Holburn wrote:

> ... Don't we have a law that the defence forces are not allowed to be
> used in domestic issues?

There is provision for the ADF to work alongside the civilian 
administration, as described in: "Civil-Military Operations", Australian 
Defence Doctrine Publication (ADDP) 3.11, 1 April 2009: 
http://www.defence.gov.au/adfwc/Documents/DoctrineLibrary/ADDP/ADDP3.11-Civil-MilitaryOperations.pdf

> How do you propose to demarcate? ...

I it would be difficult to tell state-sponsored war-like cyber-attacks 
from ordinary criminal activities, until well after the attacks had 
started. So the defensive measures would be the same.

Day to day the reserve personnel would carry out their normal day job, 
securing their organization's civilian IT systems. They would also keep 
in touch with their military colleagues via secure communications.

Information on individual attacks would be collated and if a sustained, 
widespread attack was suspected, that would be reported to the military 
headquarters, who would then brief the civilian government, to decide 
what measures should be taken.


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