Category: Threat Intelligence
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Australia’s Cyber Threat Environment Is Escalating: What an Elevated Threat Level Means for Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience
CI-ISAC Australia’s cyber threat level is sustained at Elevated. This article examines what that designation means in practice and why timely, Australian-specific intelligence is the critical input that separates anticipating threats from responding to them.
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Bidirectional Threat Intelligence Is Here Under SOCI Reform: How Critical Infrastructure Organisations Can Operationalise It
The SOCI Act Review has made bidirectional cyber threat intelligence sharing a legislative imperative for Australia’s critical infrastructure. This article sets out what the mandate means in practice and how to act now.
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Seeing the Pattern Before the Incident: Why Threats Rarely Stay in One Sector
Cyber incidents affecting critical infrastructure are often described as discrete events. An issue emerges in one organisation, is investigated locally, and addressed within that environment. When similar activity surfaces elsewhere soon after, it is frequently treated as unrelated. In practice, threat activity often appears across multiple domains rather than remaining confined to a single organisation…
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The Power of Collective Defence: Turning Shared Intelligence into National Cyber Resilience
Australia’s essential services depend on more than technology; they depend on trust, collaboration, and shared awareness. As cyber threats grow more connected, so too must our defences. Collective defence brings operators together across sectors, enabling the secure exchange of actionable intelligence that turns isolated incidents into coordinated responses. This blog explores how shared insight strengthens…
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From Alerts to Action: How Actionable Intelligence Builds Cyber Resilience Across Critical Infrastructure
Across Australia’s essential services, cyber teams face an overwhelming volume of alerts, advisories, and data feeds. Yet information alone doesn’t create resilience. Without context, knowing what’s relevant, why it matters, and how to respond, operators are left reacting instead of preventing. This article explores the growing importance of actionable intelligence: a disciplined approach to transforming…
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There’s one way you can make your super more secure.
As originally published in The Sydney Morning Herald April 12, 2025 Superannuation accounts are incredibly attractive targets for hackers and scammers, with several trillion dollars in retirement savings sitting around behind the locks of a few different funds. Mature accounts even more so because they allow withdrawals and are regularly accessed by an older generation…
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CTI Sharing – Information vs. Intelligence
Building on the previous two posts, this third instalment on CTI sharing explores why it is vital to draw a distinction between cyber information & cyber intelligence. We explain why understanding the difference between the two is crucial for effective cybersecurity management and decision-making. Australia’s cybersecurity hinges on bridging the gap between raw information and…
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Pandora’s Box of Business Cyber Risk: Navigating the Perils of Informal CTI Sharing
Australia’s cybersecurity landscape is at a crossroads. While the spirit of collaboration and information sharing is strong, our current reliance on informal networks poses significant risks to businesses and critical infrastructure alike. This series explores the shortcomings of these ad-hoc approaches and makes the case for a structured, sovereign solution to truly bolster our collective…
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Why bother with sharing threat intelligence? We’ve got this cyber thing covered…
Two pretty common questions we hear from prospective members is “Why do I need CI-ISAC when I have a brilliant cyber team” and “Why would I need to know about cyber threats from other sectors” . TLDR: Working in a cyber team, regardless of how brilliant they are, is akin to playing ‘whack a mole’…
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