Cyber power connects and integrates military power across all domains. Cyber is not bound by geography - it cuts across all domains, connecting platforms, people and systems, and shaping the modern battlespace in real time.
Defence's cyber domain is a critical operational environment, made up of the interconnected networks, information system, and electromagnetic spectrum that enable how Defence communicates, operates and fights. It underpins everything from secure communications and situational awareness to modern logistics and military decision-making.
Defence's vision is to enable Australian Defence Force warfighting and information advantage in the operational and information environments through:
- defensive and offensive cyber capabilities
- information environment awareness and operations
- technology-enabled force protection and situational understanding
- close integration with partners, industry and allied forces.
Cyber specialists are deployed to operations overseas and within Australia, in order to actively protect Australia’s cyber networks.
They support Australian Defence Force operations and exercises across domestic and international theatres by defending and enabling secure, resilient communication and information systems.
Operating at the frontline of digital defence, they safeguard critical networks to ensure our war-fighters across domains maintain information superiority and mission readiness.