Partnerships & Sponsors

For Australia, cyber and critical technology are foreign policy priorities.

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) leads Australia’s international engagement on cyber and critical technology across the Australian Government. This work is coordinated by Australia’s Ambassador for Cyber Affairs and Critical Technology.

On 22 November 2023, Australia launched its 2023-2030 Cyber Security Strategy. The Strategy sets out the Australian Government’s vision to be a world leader in cyber security by 2030. The Strategy is built around six cyber shields:

– Strong businesses and citizens
– Safe technology
– World-class threat sharing and blocking
– Protected critical infrastructure
– Sovereign capabilities
– Resilient region and global leadership

For more information, visit Cyber Affairs and Critical Technology.

The Department of Home Affairs leads strategy and policy for domestic and national security arrangements, cyber security, national resilience, counter-terrorism, strengthening democracy, social cohesion, sovereignty protection, border integrity and national infrastructure resilience. The Department works with both domestic and international partners.

As part of this mission, the Department is now implementing the 2023-2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy. The Strategy will strengthen Australia’s national resilience to cyber threats and address the consequences of cyber incidents.

The National Cyber Security Coordinator, supported by the National Office of Cyber Security within the Department, drives forward the necessary work to ensure Australia is best positioned to respond to the opportunities and threats of the digital age.

Following on from The Sydney Dialogue, Home Affairs will also host the invite-only 2024 Cyber Champions Summit, bridging the Trans-Atlantic and Asia Pacific, to rally partners behind a vision of a cyber space that is a safer place.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud provider, offering over 200 fully featured services from data centres globally. AWS launched its first Australian Region, the AWS Australia (Sydney) Region, in 2012, giving enterprises, public sector organisations, startups, and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) access to world-class cloud infrastructure. Expanding its infrastructure presence, AWS launched the AWS Australia (Melbourne) Region in January 2023 to provide Australian customers with the added efficiency, scale, and reach to keep innovating and make a meaningful impact in the communities they operate in.

AWS infrastructure in Australia gives AWS customers, partners, and government agencies in Australia the ability to securely store their data locally and solve critical low latency challenges through enhanced access to cutting-edge cloud technologies. Since 2012, hundreds of thousands of active Australian customers have been using AWS services each month to accelerate innovation, increase agility, reduce cost, and power digital transformation.

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