New cybersecurity project to protect universities
A new project to enhance the cybersecurity of Australia’s universities will be headed up by RMIT’s new centre for Cyber Security Research and Innovation (CSRI) with the University Foreign Interference Taskforce (UFIT).
The CSRI will manage the project as part of a federal government cybersecurity grant of $1.6m announced earlier this year.
CSRI Director Professor Matt Warren said the centre is uniquely placed to assist in developing the sector-wide threat modelling and threat intelligence-sharing network outlined in the Australian Government’s funding package.
“We are a leading source of knowledge and expertise in multidisciplinary cybersecurity research and innovation, strategy advice, workforce development and community awareness,” he said.
Announcing funding for the new taskforce back in June, Minister for Education Dan Tehan said the government would work with the higher education sector to protect students, research and academic integrity at Australian universities.
Outlining the role of the taskforce as part of that announcement, he said that the development of threat modelling and intelligence sharing between universities and government would help identify new and emerging threats as well as best-practice responses.
Building on the university’s depth of expertise, the CSRI brings together leading capabilities across multiple disciplines including business, computer science, engineering, mathematics and entrepreneurship to address cybersecurity threats.
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