Radicalised Muslims bring the jihad back home

"A reinvigorated radical Islam is flourishing as people - including Australians - travel to Syria to fight against the al-Assad regime."



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Would East Timor documents upset Indonesia? | SBS News

"The federal government is fighting declassification of documents which it argues may inflame already tense relations with Indonesia."



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DIGO: Careers

"DIGO is looking for talented and enthusiastic graduates from a range of disciplines to join our graduate program in Canberra. The DIGO Intelligence Development Program (DIDP) is carefully managed to introduce participants to the range of analytical areas in DIGO."



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Threat Of An Al-Qaeda Terrorist Attack On Australia Has 'Worsened', Says Officials | Business Insider

 "As the number of Australians involved in terrorist organisations in Syria reaches 200, US intelligence chief James Clapper says the terror groups are “[training] people to go back to their countries and conduct terrorist acts”"



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A gentleman in an unforgiving world

In those days, senior officers could say in hushed tones that the greatest single threat to national security consisted of civilians in their own department. I always thought it particularly comical that two often nominated examples - Alan Wrigley and John Moten - ended up as head of the Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation, where, likewise, they considerably sharpened the quality of arguments, evidence and debate."



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Australians flocking to Syrian frontline, warn experts | SBS News

"Some experts say there are more Australians journeying to Syria to participate in the ongoing conflict than any other Western nation. So why are they going and what will they do with the experience?"



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In Conversation with Erik Jensen: full transcript

"Some non-journalist publishers think that you can get ASIO files at a drop of a hat and you can’t. "



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How 'Angry Birds' could have kept NSA spooks away | The Times of Israel

"After revelations that spymasters monitored apps for user information, AppSec is gearing up for a rush of new customers"



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EPL product details: DSD Defence Signals Directorate

"Trusted Client provides secure mobile access to networks and data, reducing the risk of data loss and insecure access. Trusted Client provides data protection functionality for user data at rest and for transferring user data between the trusted environment and an authorised IP address."



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EPL product details: DSD Defence Signals Directorate

"The High Grade Silicon Data Vault (HGSDV) is a hardware-based hard disk drive encryption product that can be used to reduce the classification and storage requirements of classified data at rest. Data protection is provided by the AES-128 cryptographic algorithm. To log in to a laptop containing a HGSDV a user must provide two factors of authentication, a password and an appropriate CD token."



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EPL product details: DSD Defence Signals Directorate

"The Cisco 800, 1900, 2900, 3900 Series Integrated Service Routers (ISR) TOE is a purpose-built, routing platform that includes firewall and VPN functionality."



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