Campaign started on Cybersecurity launched by Australia

Australia
set out a far-reaching cybersecurity strategy on Thursday, invoking the leaks
of United States whistleblower Edward Snowden, terrorism and even the threat of
war to push for a coordinated global approach to protection of online data and
also transform into a tech-savvy business hub as its economy deals with a
commodities downturn. In a speech in Sydney, the former online entrepreneur
said hacking attacks cost the country a $1 billion ($780 million) a year and
unveiled a long list of measures - from appointing his own special
cybersecurity adviser to having internet safety taught in schools - to make the
online world freer and safer. "There's no global institution or
infrastructure more important to the future prosperity and freedom of our
global community than the Internet itself," Turnbull said,

"The
same qualities that enable us freely to harness cyberspace for prosperity can
also provide an avenue for those who may wish to do us harm," he said. Turnbull
acknowledged the public has become skeptical about government activity online
since U.S. National Security Agency contractor Snowden leaked classified
documents in 2013, and again this year when the U.S. Federal Bureau of
Investigation sought access to an Apple Inc iPhone used by one of the shooters
in killings in San Bernardi                      

no, California. But he said that "in certain
very specific circumstances government will work with the private sector ... to
fight serious online crime and extremism and to thwart terrorists and others
who seek to hide their illegal activities online". Turnbull, who delivers
his first budget in May, two months before the election, said he wants to spend
A$230 million on 33 cybersecurity. He also plans to relocate the cybersecurity
office of intelligence agency, the Australian Signals Directorate, outside the
broader Australian Security Intelligence Organisation to make it easier to
coordinate with businesses. Online security industry executives welcomed the
strategy, noting it was Australia's first review of its cyber protection
systems in six years. "Given the speed with which these things have moved,
we are overdue, and strategy goes some way to making good progress," said
Phil Vasic, the Australian managing director of U.S.-listed cybersecurity firm
FireEye Inc, who was at the Turnbull speech.