Northrop Grumman backs Australia’s cyber future programme

Northrop Grumman has partnered with the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Canberra/Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) to offer a A$35,000 grant to the Australian Centre for Cyber Security (ACCS) to help support the country’s future cyber programme.

ACCS director professor Jill Slay said: "The support of industry partners such as Northrop Grumman is incredibly valuable as we develop this centre.

"We’re proud to be bringing together Australia’s largest corps of cyber security researchers with an unclassified ‘cyber range’ allowing for wargaming so students can practice on cyber-attacks in a controlled environment."

Launched by the Australian Government at the UNSW Canberra ADFA campus in early 2014, ACCS is built to be the leading research and teaching centre of its kind.

The new centre is claimed to accumulate the largest group of cyber security professionals in the country.

ACCS is aimed at carrying out research education and industry engagement to offer advanced, international thought leadership in cyber security in the midst of escalating demand for cyber security.

The new centre, which offers undergraduate and post-doctoral programmes, is divided into five divisions including computer and network security, risk management, international politics and ethics, law, and big data analytics for security.

Northrop Grumman Australia chief executive Ian Irving said: "As we continue to expand and strengthen our presence in Australia, we are excited to be sponsoring UNSW/ADFA by offering them our ongoing support.

"It provides an opportunity for us to demonstrate our breadth of military communications and information systems to our customers, academia and industry partners."