The Department of Home Affairs leads Australia’s efforts under the Quad Senior Cyber Group (QSCG). The QSCG was created following the Quad Leaders’ Summit held at the White House on 24 September 2021. Its launch was outlined in the
2021 Quad Leaders’ Summit Statement as an agreed commitment by Quad leaders to build on longstanding collaboration on cyber security matters.
The QSCG commits to maintaining an Indo-Pacific that is:
- inclusive
- resilient and
- equipped to detect and deter cyber attacks.
The group aims to achieve these objectives by focusing on five overarching themes:
- Protection of national critical infrastructure underpinning our national economies.
- Information sharing, workforce and awareness.
- Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things (IoT) cyber security.
- Tackling the criminal threat and ransomware scourge.
- Indo-Pacific cyber security capacity building.
The QSCG facilitates regular meetings of expert leaders from Australia, India, Japan, and the United States.
The third in-person meeting of the QSCG Principals took place in Tokyo on 5-6 December 2023. The group discussed work underway to improve the security of critical infrastructure in the Indo-Pacific. They also discussed the need to harness opportunities presented by critical and emerging technologies. This included artificial intelligence and machine learning. Read the
Joint Press Release of the Quad Senior Cyber Group.
Quad partners met on 23-24 March 2022 in Sydney. They agreed on Joint Principles to guide cyber security cooperation between partners. This aims to improve cyber security across the Indo-Pacific region. Read the Quad Cybersecurity Partnership: Joint Principles.
A number of initiatives from the QSCG are announced at the Quad Leaders’ Summits. Read the outcomes from the
2023 Quad Leaders’ Summit.
