Australia’s Six Shields of Cybersecurity provide a national framework to strengthen resilience across businesses, citizens, technology, threat sharing, critical infrastructure, and sovereign capabilities. This white paper guides CISOs and IT security leaders in implementing these measures by outlining the model’s history, required minimum standards, and practical steps for adopting each shield. It emphasizes building strong cyber awareness, securing technology, improving threat‑sharing capabilities, protecting critical infrastructure, developing national skills and tools, and contributing to regional and global cyber leadership.

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