Discussion paper
The future of assistance to law enforcement in an end-to-end encrypted world
The Australian government has committed to the reform of Australia’s electronic surveillance legislative framework. This paper aims to contribute to the debate by examining how firms that provide digital communications services can provide assistance to law enforcement, even as strong encryption is increasingly common.
Briefing paper
Digital government services: building for peak demand
This paper examines how the availability and deliverability of digital government services can be achieved in the face of unpredictable demand.
Policy report
Clean pipes: should ISPs provide a more secure internet?
This paper explores the concept of ‘clean pipes’, which is the idea that internet service providers (ISPs) could provide security services to their customers to deliver a better level of default security.
Policy report
Retweeting through the great firewall
This report analyses a persistent, large-scale influence campaign linked to Chinese state actors on Twitter and Facebook. This activity largely targeted Chinese-speaking audiences outside of the Chinese mainland (where Twitter is blocked) with the intention of influencing perceptions on key issues, including the Hong Kong...
Report
Tweeting through the great firewall: preliminary analysis of PRC-linked information operations on the Hong Kong protests
This research is intended to add to the knowledge-base available to researchers, governments and policymakers about the nature of Chinese state-linked information operations and coordinated inauthentic activity on Twitter.