11 April, 2016
In January 2016, Australian Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull announced that Australia and the US would be holding annual talks focused on cyber security and cyber threats. The talks will be convened by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute and the US Centre for Strategic and International Studies.
The Prime Minister said that Australia must be ready to respond to cyber incidents when and if they occur. He said this means that Australians need to better understand how both countries would cooperate in the event of a significant cyber incident that would affect both Australia and the US.
According to the Prime Minister, "to achieve this, we agreed to improve our response efforts beginning with mapping our cyber incident response structures and mechanisms with the aim in the future to exercising our incident response measures. To meet the growing threat of cybercrime, we will also enhance cybercrime cooperation between our nations, including through increased exchanges between respective law enforcement and cybercrime experts and more collaboration on cybercrime investigations."
For further information, please contact:
Rebecca Maslen-Stannage, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills
rebecca.maslen-stannage@hsf.com
