Researchers

As a vital member of Australia's national security community, the Australian Signals Directorate works across the full spectrum of operations in contemporary signals intelligence and security agencies: intelligence, cyber security and offensive operations, in support of the Australian Government and Australian Defence Forces (ADF). This includes the ability to:

Inform (through foreign signals intelligence);
Protect (against cyber security risks); and
Disrupt (through cyber operations to support military operations, law enforcement and response to cyber incidents).

Within our unique partnership, ASD and ANU researchers collaborate in many areas to support these operational requirements, including through joint projects in:

Vulnerability research
Data science
Psychology
Cryptography
Secure systems
Number theory
Statistics
Linguistics

The ASD - ANU Co-Lab currently collaborates with the following ANU researchers:

Could your research enhance our national security operations? We'd love to hear about your project ideas and how they align with ASD operations. Contact us at co-lab@anu.edu.au.

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