Australia’s federal education minister Dan Tehan has called for universities to be more aware of the dangers of data breaches from malicious cyberattacks.
Tehan has arranged for vice-chancellors to receive “high-level briefings” by experts from the Australian Signals Directorate, a federal intelligence agency that advises the government and defence forces on cybersecurity. A group of vice-chancellors met in Wollongong on 7 August to receive an initial briefing from ASD officials.
Tehan warned that Australia’s universities were “high-value targets for malicious cyber attackers because of the valuable intellectual property and personal information” contained in their data records.
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