Australian Government Commits to Become a World-Leader in Cybersecurity by 2030

Stu Sjouwerman | Apr 8, 2024

Australian Government World-Leader CybersecurityThe Australian Government has leveraged insight from cybersecurity experts to create a new six-part plan to combat cybersecurity over the coming decade.

The cybercrime economy is booming and growing every year. What’s needed is a bold vision to not just respond to the current state of threats, but to jump years ahead of it.

And that’s what we find in the Australian Government’s 2023-2030 Australian Cybe​rsecurity Strategy. It's a six-part vision that covers all components of cyber attacks.

Australian Govt

Source: Homeaffairs.gov.au

According to Australia’s Minister for Home Affairs and Cybersecurity, Clare O’Neil:

“The strategy is bold and ambitious – and it has to be. Because one thing is abundantly clear from what’s happened to our cyber environment in the last five years: we simply can’t continue as we are. We need to push harder, we need to get in front of this problem, and for the first time, Australia’s Cybersecurity Strategy will help our country do just that.”

The strategy calls for three “Horizons” (in essence, phases) where a foundation of better protections is build from years 2023-2025, cyber maturity is scaled “across the whole economy” in years 2026-2028, and then “lead the development of emerging cyber technologies” in years 2029-2030.

KnowBe4 empowers your workforce to make smarter security decisions every day. Over 65,000 organizations worldwide trust the KnowBe4 platform to strengthen their security culture and reduce human risk.

Discover Your Organization’s Phish-prone™ Percentage

Ninety-one percent of data breaches begin with spear phishing. Launch our Free Phishing Security Test for up to 100 users to uncover your team's vulnerability and see how your security posture stacks up against industry benchmarks.

Get Your Free Phishing Security Test

Secure the Digital Workforce: Human + AI

KnowBe4 empowers the modern workforce to make smarter security decisions every day. Trusted by more than 70,000 organizations worldwide, KnowBe4 is the pioneer of digital workforce security, securing both AI agents and humans. The KnowBe4 Platform provides attack simulation and training, collaboration security, and agent security powered by AIDA (Artificial Intelligence Defense Agents) and a proprietary Risk Score. The platform leverages 15 years of behavioral data to combat advanced threats including social engineering, prompt injection, and shadow AI. By securing humans and agents, KnowBe4 leads the industry in workforce trust and defense.