Australia’s newly appointed national cybersecurity coordinator says the world faces a “dire” challenge keeping safe from cyber threats.
Air Marshal Darren Goldie, appointed by the Albanese government on June 23, said Australians need to be educated as cyber challenges grow.
“That challenge will continue to increase in its complexity and severity, and I think we are all in this together as a nation,” he said.
Goldie, who will head up the National Office of Cyber Security, will assist Home Affairs Minister Claire O’Neil to oversee Australia’s cyber security policy and responses to major incidents.
“In the past, we’ve seen national security matters as principally the concern of government,” O’Neil said….