Defence staff get IT security crash course

The Department of Defence is gearing up to provide personnel at all levels with new ICT security training and awareness courses.

(Studying image by Stephen S, CC2.0)

According to tender documents issued today, the Department of Defence under the Defence Information Security Improvement program will identify personnel in need of further ICT security training via a department-wide survey.

Following the survey, a list of weak areas will be compiled and a set of training modules will be developed.

"A list of topics and training modules will be created, which will allow Defence to prioritise and choose those topics and modules that need to be made available to Defence personnel," Defence said in its tender documentation.

The project is designed to develop security-conscious personnel within Defence.

"The project will contribute to defence and government security by supporting strategies to raise security awareness, establish a strong security culture and improve security management," Defence outlined in its tender documents.

The department is looking for a vendor to provide training to Defence personnel electronically through half-hour modules on the department's CAMPUS training system.

Tenderers must also develop training material for use in posters, pamphlets and face-to-face training modules for other Defence personnel.