When the Wright brothers presented their airplane to the US Army it was first considered a means to observe and record what was taking place below. The idea that it could be used to alter what could be observed came later, eventually leading to the aerial bombing and destruction of entire cities in WW2. Likewise, the first concerns about cyber hacking were focused on unauthorised access to data to be copied and stolen.
We now know that altering data can destroy the machines that use it. The implications of altering data are increasing as activities in our physical world become more reliant on machines controlled by computer networks sharing data. Altering data now has potential to disrupt the way energy is generated and transmitted, how hazardous substances are processed and transported, how vehicular traffic is regulated, how illness is diagnosed and treated, and even how we vote.
Join us with Daivid Irvine to learn how Australian Security Services are dealing with these threats.
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About the speaker
David Irvine AO is an Australian diplomat who was head of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) from 2009 to 2014. From 2003 to 2009 he was Director-General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service and is currently Chair of the Foriegn Investment Review Board.
David was born in Perth, Western Australia and studied at Hale School and The University of Western Australia, graduating with honours in Elizabethan history. He worked as a journalist in Perth and joined the Department of External Affairs in 1970. From 1996 to 1999 David was the Australian High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea and was the Australian Ambassador to China from 2000 to 2003.
David has also written two books about Indonesia: a 1990 English translation of Bisma: Warrior Priest of the Mahabharata by Satyagraha Hurip, and Leather Gods & Wooden Heroes: Java's Classical Wayang about Indonesian Wayang shadow puppets.
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