Adaptive Cyber Security for Defence & Critical Infrastructure SMEs

Rising geopolitical tensions and competition are placing increasing strain on Australia’s supply chains. Whilst these effects are economy-wide, they are particularly pronounced for Defence and Critical Infrastructure (CI) SMEs, as these represent high-value targets. There is a widespread recognition of the need to invest in cyber security for SMEs, but existing initiatives such as DISP and SOCI focus on qualitative self-assessment, documentation readiness and policy.

This project will develop a solution streamlining cyber threat detection, network defence, response and recovery for Defence and CI SMEs, producing a quantifiable uplift in their cyber security, whilst identifying attacks targeting SME industry verticals.