Ukraine says Australia should join cyber war, just for practice
Ukraine’s ambassador says cybersecurity assistance to help combat Russian aggression would also help boost Australia’s own capabilities.
Vasyl Myroshnychenko said he would welcome any further assistance with Ukraineās defence against Russia, adding it would provide Australia with a good opportunity to stress test its own resources.
āProviding cyber assistance can be beneficial for Australia as well. We havenāt seen a war like this before and Australia deals with cyber attacks on a daily basis,ā he told AAP.
āThe countries that get the continual feedback will be the countries helping in Ukraine.ā
The US government and intelligence agencies are working with Ukraine to counter Russian hacking and cyber attacks.
The National Security Agency has used the intelligence gathered to release at least two dozen unclassified advisories about what could be expected from Russian attacks, including against critical infrastructure.
Yet there have been warnings about the potential for future attacks to evolve.
The United States Studies Centreās senior economic adviser John Kunkel said Australia needs to work alongside Washington to maintain an advantage in the cyber domain over potential attackers.
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Australiaās strategic review highlighted the importance of new and emerging technologies, Dr Kunkel said.
He said Canberra needs to centre in its defence strategy the second stage of the AUKUS alliance with the US and UK, with the first stage being nuclear-powered submarines.
āWe need equal focus on AUKUS Pillar II ā our national offering in areas such as artificial intelligence, quantum and cyber,ā Dr Kunkel said.
The Australian government will release its first national defence strategy next year, in line with the recommendations from the defence review.
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