Toward Programme
The ACSC should become Australia’s cybersecurity regulator
Why it matters
Australia's cyber defence posture is a critical asymmetric vulnerability in any China-centred conflict or coercion scenario. Elevating the ACSC to a formal regulator with enforcement authority over critical infrastructure, product certification, and systemic remediation directly hardens national resilience against both state-sponsored and opportunistic cyber attack. This addresses a structural gap in Australia's current voluntary-compliance framework and improves alliance credibility on cyber defence within AUKUS.
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