Australia
is
to
get
another
cyber
infrastructure
information
sharing
network,
with
the
launch
of
the
Critical
Infrastructure
–
Information
Sharing
and
Analysis
Centre
(CI-ISAC)
in
the
Sunshine
Coast
city
of
Maroochydore.
Co-founder
and
CEO
David
Sandell
said
the
group
wants
to
recruit
all
537
Australian
local
governments
as
members,
because
“every
piece
of
Australia’s
critical
infrastructure
resides
in
the
territory
of
a
local
government”.
CI-ISAC
estimates
there
are
as
many
as
11,000
organisations
in
Australia
that
could
become
members,
drawn
from
“everything
from
banking,
water
and
power
grids
to
supermarkets
and
mining”,
the
group
said.
Sandell
said
the
group
will
“provide
the
governance
and
trusted,
independent,
structured
set
of
enabling
capabilities”
to
help
members
(known
to
CI-ISAC
as
“cyber
defenders”)
work
together
against
attackers.
CI-ISAC
will
particularly
target
organisations
operating
in
the
11
critical
infrastructure
and
22
asset
classes
covered
by
the
Security
of
Critical
Infrastructure
Act, known
as
SOCI.
Sandell
said
the
CI-ISAC
model
aims
to
help
members
“detect
attackers
in
their
networks
and
proactively
get
ahead
of
the
latest
attacker
techniques.
“This
outcome
can
only
be
achieved
through
all
industry
players
being
CI-ISAC
members,
and
working
together
with
collective
transparency,”
he
said.
CI-ISAC’s
board
is
chaired
by
Stephen
Beaumont,
a
retired
brigadier
and
former
director-general
of
joint
intelligence,
surveillance,
reconnaissance,
electronic
warfare
and
cyber
at
the
Department
of
Defence.
Sandell
has
worked
in
cyber
security
and
threat
intelligence
for
several
financial
sector
organisations
including
Deutsche
Bank
and
Schroders,
before
moving
to
Australia
and
taking
roles
with
NAB
and
ANZ
Banking
Group.
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