The federal government has announced that the University of Melbourne and Western Australia’s Edith Cowan University will be leading the country’s efforts to boost cybersecurity capabilities by addressing the industry’s skills shortage.
The universities will share AU$1.91 million over four years to help build the required expertise and job-ready skills needed by the industry and government through the country’s first Academic Centres of Cyber Security Excellence (ACCSE). Initially announced in November, the ACCSE initiative was given AU$4.5 million, with the desired outcome of producing work-ready graduates to increase Australia’s cybersecurity workforce and “world-leading” research on cybersecurity, as well as providing executive education programs for both industry and government.