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The Australian government has empowered vulnerable communities with almost $7 million in funding for cyber awareness.
According to a release by the Department of Home Affairs, the inaugural Cyber Security Awareness Support for Vulnerable Groups grants program assisted over 200 recipients with grants of up to $35,000, reaching a total of almost $7 million.
The grants are designed to provide cyber literacy programs to vulnerable groups with a higher risk of being impacted by cyber crime and scams, giving them the knowledge and tools to detect and prevent being scammed or suffering cyber incidents.
These groups include First Nations communities, remote and regional communities, seniors, young people, neurodiverse people, people with disabilities and culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
The program empowered local community leaders to uplift their communities with information based on the government’s Act Now, Stay Secure cyber security awareness campaign.
The first round of the program, which was a “key initiative” of the 2023–2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy, saw 400 applications submitted.
The program will run again from January 2025, during which Home Affairs will evaluate programs on their ability to uplift cyber literacy and security capabilities and how they can mitigate the “economic and social impact of cybercrime”.
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