Security and Critical Infrastructure Division
The Security and Critical Infrastructure Division is responsible for the administration and development of legislation and the provision of legal and policy advice with respect to counter-terrorism, national security, telecommunications interception and critical infrastructure protection. With respect to national security and counter-terrorism, the Division undertakes a central coordinating role across the Department and the portfolio, as well as interfacing with other departments and agencies in the whole-of-government context. The Division also coordinates Australian Government activities in critical infrastructure protection, and e-security, and provides policy and legal policy advice on these issues. The Division performs a leadership role in the development of a business-government partnership for critical infrastructure protection with Australian industry through the Trusted Information Sharing Network (TISN) and the Australian Government Computer Emergency Readiness Team (GovCERT.au). Each area of the Division carries out its work in the context of promoting international cooperation on bilateral, regional and multilateral bases and through our prominence in international fora.
The First Assistant Secretary of the Security and Critical Infrastructure Division is also the holder of a statutory role called the Communications Access Co-ordinator.
The Security and Critical Infrastructure Division consists of six branches and one specialist unit:
- Critical Infrastructure Protection Branch
- Chemical Security Branch
- E-Security Policy and Coordination Branch
- National Security Policy Branch
- Security Law Branch
- Telecommunications and Surveillance Law Branch
- Communications Access Co-ordinator