8246 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: People Smuggling, Australian Transaction Reports And Analysis Centre, Black Death
20 Jun 2018
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Week 4 – New Threats and Challenges
New Threats and Challenges
8 biggest global threats to watch in 2018
1. Military conflict involving the US, North Korea and neighbouring countries
2. An armed confrontation between Iran and the US or one of it’s allies
3. A highly disruptive cyber attack on US critical information infrastructure
4. A military confrontation between Russia and NATO members
5. an armed confrontation over disputed maritime areas in the South China Sea
6. A mass casualty terrorist attack in the US homeland or Ally
7. Intensified violence in Syria as government forces attempt to regain control over
territory
8. Increased violence and instability in Afghanistan
Broader interpretation of national security which means we have new and emerging threats
Globalisation; has both winners and losers
Climate change; all losers
Old threats remain as new ones also emerge
Globalisation, changes in technology
New threats to national security attract funds, attention, people and politics
Higher risk, more need to do something about it
Policy responses and the allocation of resources to deal with the threat - risk mitigation
Resilience, how do we recover
Whole government, all hazards approach
Climate change - beyond a single nation
Old
Diplomacy
Defence
Terrorism
WMD
Espionage
Trade
Crime
New
Transnational crime
People trafficking
Drugs, arms, people smuggling
Illegal exploitation of resources
Organised crime
Cyber warfare
Pandemics
Climate change
Population pressures
Food, water and energy pressures
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Serious and organised crime poses a real and serious threat in countries like Mexico and
Afghanistan as it threatens government authority and leads to an existential threat
Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission - Crimtrack
Establishment of Homeland Affairs
Vision and Purpose
Our vision is for a safer Australia that is better connected, informed and capable of responding
to crime and criminal justice issues.
To make Australia safer through improved national ability to discover, understand and
respond to current and emerging crime threats and criminal justice issues, including the ability
to connect police and law enforcement to essential criminal intelligence, policing knowledge
and information through collaborative national information systems and services.
Roles and Functions
Reducing serious and organised crime threats of most harm to Australians and the national
interest, and providing national policing information systems and services.
Collect, correlate, analyse and disseminate criminal information and intelligence
Maintain a national database of criminal information and intelligence
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Provide and maintain national information capabilities and services to support policing and
law enforcement
Provide strategic criminal intelligence assessments and advice on national criminal intelligence
priorities
Conduct investigations and intelligence operations into federally relevant criminal activity
Provide nationally coordinated criminal history checks.
Cybercrime
In Australia, the term 'cybercrime' is use to describe:
Crimes direction on computers or ICT technologies
Priorities: education, partnering with the communities, fostering intelligence-led approach
to information sharing, improving the capacity and capability of agencies, strengthening
international engagement, ensuring our criminal justice framework keeps pace with
technological crime
Ransomware is the number 1 type of malware downloaded in the Asia-pacific region
Australia Cyber Security Centre
Focal point for the cyber security efforts of:
Australian Signals Directorate ASD
Computer Emergency Response Team CERT
The Defence Intelligence Organisation DIO
The Australia Criminal Intelligence Commission ACIC
The Australian Federal Police AFP
The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation ASIO
AUSTRAC
Anti-money laundering
United against serious crime and terrorism laundering
Responsible for the FIO (financial intelligence unit)
Detect, deter and disrupt money laundering and terrorism financing
collect, collate and analyse information
Assists in the prevention and prosecution of serious criminals and terrorists
What to Do
Know, target, disrupt, prevent
Develop policy and implement legislative reforms to deter and prevent
Protect the community through a national approach based on cooperation, cohesion and
information sharing
Prosecution
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Document Summary
8 biggest global threats to watch in 2018. Military conflict involving the us, north korea and neighbouring countries. An armed confrontation between iran and the us or one of it"s allies. A highly disruptive cyber attack on us critical information infrastructure. A mass casualty terrorist attack in the us homeland or ally. A military confrontation between russia and nato members an armed confrontation over disputed maritime areas in the south china sea. Intensified violence in syria as government forces attempt to regain control over. Broader interpretation of national security which means we have new and emerging threats. Old threats remain as new ones also emerge. New threats to national security attract funds, attention, people and politics. Higher risk, more need to do something about it. Policy responses and the allocation of resources to deal with the threat - risk mitigation. Climate change - beyond a single nation.
