Join us for the launch of a new report on Australia’s submarine cable resilience, and what's needed to protect this critical infrastructure.
Hear directly from the authors of this landmark report and special guests on this critical national security issue.
Australia depends on submarine cables for around 99 per cent of its international communications and data needs. These privately operated cables carry the financial transactions, government communications, cloud services and digital connections that underpin Australia’s economy, society and national security.
As Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, the Hon Richard Marles MP, warned at the Shangri-La Dialogue in May:
“The seabed is becoming a battlefield… And we have been slow – collectively slow – to recognise [submarine cables] as the strategic targets they have become.”
The ANU National Security College is pleased to launch Connected & protected: building Australia’s submarine cable resilience, a new report examining the strategic importance of Australia’s submarine cable network, the threats it faces, and the policy settings needed to strengthen national resilience.
The event will provide an opportunity to hear directly from the authors of the report – researched and written under an Australian Department of Defence Strategic Policy grant – as well as special guests, on how Australia can better protect its submarine cable network, work with industry and international partners, and position itself as a trusted Indo-Pacific cable hub.
Drinks and canapés will be served at the event.
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For more information please contact NSC Events (events.nsc@anu.edu.au).
Event Speakers
Dr Samuel Bashfield
Dr Samuel Bashfield is Research Fellow in Global Security at La Trobe University, where he studies geopolitical and defence trends across the Indo-Pacific. With over ten years' experience as an author, researcher, consultant and project manager, he delivers insights and dialogue on our most pressing global security challenges.
Dr David Brewster
Dr David Brewster is a Senior Research Fellow with NSC, where he works on Indian Ocean and Indo Pacific maritime security.
He is also a Distinguished Research Fellow with the Australia India Institute, University of Melbourne.
Jocelinn Kang
Jocelinn Kang is the founder and managing director of Nodalys, a boutique national security consultancy working across cyber security, geopolitical risk, and digital resilience.