[LINK] Australian CyberWarfare Battalion

[Tom Worthington]

On 06/08/13 09:49, Karl Auer wrote:

> You are seriously proposing inserting paramilitary Government spies
> into civilian enterprises ...  I suppose it would at least be in the open. ...

Yes, that is the idea. Rather than having a few anonymous people in a 
remote government building who you hope are protecting your interests, 
these would be work colleagues you see every day.

> Do these people report to HQ first, or to their host organisation
> first? ...

The reserve military personnel would doing their day job most of the 
time, reporting to their company management. If they identified a cyber 
attack of national importance, they would report it through military 
channels.

> To whom is their first duty? ...

A military officer's duty is to their country. But this is not that
different to IT professionals, who have a first duty to the community, 
which overrides that to their employer.

> What information, if any, flows back to the host organisations?

Security personnel in organizations would be reporting on external cyber 
attacks on the organization. The idea is to protect the host
organization, while also protecting the country generally.

> What protections against abuse will be offered?

The same protection which applies to the actions of any member of the
military, plus the strong personal links reserve personnel have to their 
civilian workplace colleagues.


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