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The new program will provide cyber security and scam response support to microbusinesses in Fiji and Papua New Guinea.
AUSCERT has revealed that it and the University of Queensland are partnering with identity and cyber support charity IDCARE to deliver a new cyber security program on behalf of Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
The Cyber and Critical Tech Co-operation Program will be stood up in August and run for four months, offering support for microbusinesses in Fiji and Papua New Guinea.
The program will provide “tailored cyber crime and online scam response assistance”.
Dr Ivano Bongiovanni, AUSCERT’s general manager, said the program’s partners would “examine the applicability of proven Australian cyber security capabilities within an Indo-Pacific context, working to enhance community response and long-term resilience to cyber crime and online scams”.
“We are delighted to be partnering with IDCARE and the University of Queensland to play a critical role in helping our Indo-Pacific neighbours and bolstering cyber security across the region,” Bongiovanni said.
Dr David Lacey, IDCARE’s founder and managing director, said he was looking forward to seeing what the partnership can do to improve cyber security readiness in the region.
“We know scams and cyber crime are impacting our Pacific neighbours and, as they continue to move to an online environment with banking services and shopping, we expect this to increase significantly,” Lacey said in a statement.
Professor Ryan Ko, director of the UQ Cyber Research Centre at the University of Queensland, said the program will include a range of workshops with stakeholders on the ground to ensure that local communities’ needs are met.
“In collaboration with local business councils and key stakeholders, we will tailor and deliver cyber resilience training programs,” Ko said.
“Overall, we will be exporting Australia’s best practices for responding to escalating threat levels and working to strengthen local Indo-Pacific cyber resilience.”
David Hollingworth has been writing about technology for over 20 years, and has worked for a range of print and online titles in his career. He is enjoying getting to grips with cyber security, especially when it lets him talk about Lego.
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