More than AU$12 million has been allocated to fight high tech crimes and expand the Australian Government Computer Emergency Readiness Team. In addition, a "cyber-exercise program" is in the works to help the country cope with "cyber-terrorism attacks".
Combating identity fraud, protecting the nation's borders and tsunami warning systems were among the areas heavily funded in last night's federal budget.
The scope of a closely watched survey of computer crime and security in Australia has been expanded with critical infrastructure providers in particular urged by the Attorney-General's Department to participate.
The federal government will spend AU$12.4 million over the next two years to tackle intellectual property crime.
The federal government last night announced it would establish identity security "strike teams" and deploy a document verification service (DVS) in an effort to combat identity fraud.
It looks like AusCERT and GovCERT have worked out their issues and are no longer stepping on each others' toes.
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