Former intelligence chief David Irvine wants cyber security at forefront of Australia’s defences

The task of being an intelligence chief has become tougher with the rise of cyber threats and terrorism, according to the former head of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, David Irvine, who says he would like to see a “much stronger” national cyber industry.

Speaking during a rare interview in Canberra, Mr Irvine said “when you put cyber on top of [terrorism], it takes a bit of time off your sleep at night. The two issues have grown exponentially within a couple of decades and while the nature of the threats is the same, the vector has changed. And cyber is a new and very potent vector.”

Mr Irvine, who lead Australia’s overseas spy agency ASIS before he headed up ASIO, said he’d been “horrified” at the revelations of Edward Snowden, the subcontractor to the National Security Agency who exposed vast top secret US government programs for monitoring global communications. For the full article click here 

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