National Security Australia 2009

CONFERENCE DAY ONE – Thursday, 6th March 2008

8.15am Registration & morning coffee

9.00am Opening remarks from the chair

9.10am KEYNOTE MINISTERIAL ADDRESS: The Path Forward for Australian National Security

The best model for a more secure Australia
New machinery to tackle new national security threats
Tackling the entrenched causes of underdevelopment
Establishing a Department of Homeland Security

The Hon Bob Debus, Minister for Home Affair

9.50am Climate Change and the Threats Posed by Forced Migration

The science behind the speculation
The regulatory response
An increasing emphasis on border security?
Strategic response for policing
Impact on energy security
The corporate risk management viewpoint
Practical implications
Business operations

Dr Graeme Pearman, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Monash University
Nola Watson, Head of Government and International Relations, Insurance Australia Group
Dr Martin Parkinson, Secretary, Department of Climate Change & Water (invited)

10.30am Morning Tea

11.10am KEYNOTE: The IED threat in the Middle East Area of Operations and the ADF Response

Current threat to Australian deployed forces and the threat posed by IEDs for future ADF operations
The way in which the ADF has responded to counter the threat, including creation of the ADF Counter IED (Improvised Explosive Device) Task Force
Activities occurring across the three Lines Of Operations adopted by Defence:
> Train the Force
> Defeat the Device
> Attack the Network

Brigadier Phil Winter, Commander of the ADF Counter IED Task Force

11.50pm The Evolution of National Security

What is “national security” in the 21st Century?
The changing scope of transnational threats
Safeguarding national security
The changing face of Islam
What will influence Australia’s national security?
Five threats!
Future projections for Australia’s national security

Professor Clive Williams MG, Centre for Policing, Intelligence & Counter Terrorism

12.40pm Special Event Security & APEC: Six Months On, Lessons Learnt

Preparation and planning for mass gatherings
The dynamics of a joint operation planning
Managing parties’ expectations
Balance a range of threats including terrorism, violent protest and hoax
People factor in security, planning for imperfection
The evaluation: an appropriate response?

Martin Studdert, Executive Director, Protective Security Coordination Centre

1.10pm Lunch

STREAM A
Modern Threats

STREAM B
Transport Focus

STREAM C
The National Agenda

STREAM D
Security in the Enterprise & Latest Technology

2.10PM

OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR

2.15PM

North Korea

Jeffrey Robertson, Senior Researcher, North Asia, Parliament House

Critical Infrastructure Protection Case Study: Roma Street Station Precinct
• Co-ordinating a major centre containing a major bus interchange, shopping mall, 5 star hotel (including VIP guests), car park, train terminal and more
• Scenario planning and brainstorming
• Managing a diverse group of security plans and evacuation routes
• Who’s who in the zoo: Organising a practical chain of command
• Police involvement across the process
• Crime scene preservation training
• Smart technology: making the best use of CCTV
• Dealing with a hoax
• Lessons learnt for other critical infrastructure co-ordination

David Bell, Security Manager, Passenger Services, Queensland Rail

Moderated by Nic Martin, General Manager – Corporate Security & Investigations, Telstra

Changing Approaches to the Management of National Security
• The presentation will cover the most important changes in Australia’s management, command and control, and policy approaches towards national security since 9/11, and particularly during the last 12 months

Ian Wing, Associate Professor, Australian Graduate School of Policing

Moderated by Brian Kelly ATMAAC International

SmartCatch: Intelligent Video Surveillance & Analytics
• What is Intelligent Video Surveillance?
• Reacting to a threat more quickly and time effectively
• Case studies of the technology in action
• Where’s it all headed?

Lance Heather, Senior Manager,
NEC Business Solutions

2.50PM

An Overview Of Security In Asia Pacific

> Current concerns of regional security managers
> Key problem areas
> Issues to watch for

Dean Morgan, Secure Outlook

Maritime Security
Capability gaps in Marine Time Security

• Maritime domain awareness and information gathering
• Collaboration with government & non government
• Use of advanced technology to enhance security
• 3D visualisation tools

Dr Bernard Kachoyan, Head Maritime Security - Maritime Operations Division, Defence Science and Technology Organisation

What is the impact on Australian culture or the introduction of numerous laws which impact on our civil liberties and some might say our National identity?

• ASIO legislation and impact
• Money laundering realities
• Privacy considerations in security

Steve Mark, Legal Services Commissioner

Managing the Outsourcing Risk

• Risk managing identity and access controls:
What checks and balances are sufficient?
• Vetting staff effectively

Mark Patch, COO, Gibsons JBS & Former Director-General, Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO)

3.25PM

AFTERNOON TEA

3.50PM

Pandemics and Bio terrorism

• Health care workers’ willingness to work
• Chemical and radiological threats
• Level of preparedness for first responders
• The new chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear
• CBRN terrorism centre in Canberra
• Dealing with irradiated evidence

Stephen Prowse, Australian Biosecurity CRC

Air Marshall Program – Successes and Failures

The Future of the Security Industry in Australia: Evolution or Revolution
• Professionalisation of the industry: Standards and education
• The current skills gap
• Security cost Vs Organisational
sustainability: Selling the concept upstairs
• A complex response to a complex problem
• Security’s credibility and image problem
• Equipping the security industry with the inate flexibility to deal with such a wide range of issues
The Hon. Professor Peter Anderson, Centre for Policing, Intelligence & Counter Terrorism (PICT)

Removing the Silos Around Security
• The convergence of physical security and IT security
• IP-based digital systems
Paul McCarthy, Chief Executive, OneSecurity

4.25PM

Commercial Espionage

• Social engineering and how it is used as an infiltration enabler
• Examining the relationship between infiltration and criminal elements
• Identifying prevention and detection strategies

Richard La Monica, Training & Intelligence Coordinator, Department of Justice, Victorian Commission for Gambling Regulation

Hypothetical: If you were Designing a New International Airport in Sydney Now, How would you Design the Security?

• Innovative surveillance technologies
• Emerging technologies for detecting intruders
• Detection of explosives and weapons
• Barrier and blast protection technologies
• Intelligent systems for identifying terrorists
• Future technologies for securing an airport

Kyile Whyte, AVSEC Infrastructure, Technology and Systems Manager & Dr Kevin Foster, Adjunct Associate Professor of Security Science, Edith Cowan University

Ensuring Security Professionalism Standards

• Setting an acceptable framework for professionalising the industry
• Exposure draft on definitions of security
• People, processes and technology
• Future national initiatives and harmonisation
• Achieving conformity to standards

Mark Bezzina, Managing Director, Stancert

Human Factors in Security: Case Study

• Security and the recruitment of employees - setting the scene
• Employee engagement and trust through security awareness, policy and compliance
• Employee and customer misconduct - security’s role and the challenges

Jules Scarlett, Director of Corporate Security, Telstra

5.05PM

Closing Remarks from the Chairs

5.15PM

Networking Drinks

7.00PM

CONFERENCE DINNER National Security Dinner Highlight!

Special show presented by Comedian David Callan

CONFERENCE DAY TWO – Friday, 7th March 2008

9.00am Opening remarks from the chair
Rod Cowan, Cowan Communications

9.10am Aviation Security Briefing

Terminal security / front of house
Regional airport security
Cargo security
Hands free body searches
Intermodal considerations

Paul Retter, Office of Transport Security

9.50am BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND
How Public and Private Sector Can and Should Work Together

A review of the ‘Griffin’ project
Overcoming the tensions and difficulties when developing a cross-agency response to security
Bringing the principles of community-based policing into national security
Building links with communities

Paul Stephenson, Deputy Commissioner, MET Police
Commander Tim White, Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command, MET Police

10.30am Morning Tea

11.00am View from the AFP

Methods to enhancing joint operational activity
The value of cooperative and collaborative joint activity in investigating serious crime
AFP’s programme of working with overseas agencies including Philippines Law Enforcement Agencies
Countering homegrown terrorism
The national terrorism hotline
Operation Pendennis

Peter Drennan, National Manager, Counter Terrorism, AFP

12.20pm Lunch

	STREAM A Modern Threats	STREAM B GIS	STREAM C The National Agenda	STREAM D Security in the Enterprise & Latest Technology
1.20PM	WELCOME BACK FROM THE CHAIR
1.30PM	Cyber Crime in and from China • The drivers of change in China in the 21st century • Risks arising from new payment systems • Risks arising from wireless and mobile technologies • Organised cyber crime risks in China • Policing and regulation of cybercrime in a global environment Dr Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, Research Analyst in High Tech Crime, Australian Institute of Criminology	How Location Intelligence is Enabling National Security • How location intelligence solutions are streamlining inter-agency collaboration and communication • Using advanced GIS technology to provide a common, open and interoperable infrastructure • Increasing your awareness of dynamic situations planning and operational environments via improved data sharing and enhanced critical decision making • Case study examples of location intelligence in action: > command and control > strategic intelligence / supporting key missions > preparing for and responding to emergency situations Representative from ESRI Australia	Cost of Security Governance in National Security • Aligning security practice with business objectives to source appropriate funding • Effecting security cultural change without the fear factor This presentation will present the key principles for aligning security with business objectives in order to make the right business case for the allocation of funds to support security mitigations and operations. It will also consider how security is sold in the workplace from the Board of Directors to the shop floor to embed security in the culture of the business operation. Jason Brown, Regional VP, ASIS International	The Business of Security - you can not do Good Security without Good Business • Identifying security and general management trends • Understanding good security governance and its importance to the strategic overall organisational business strategy • Implementing security strategies - Aligning them to overall business objectives • Increasing the likelihood of initial budget approvals Theo Nassiokas, Head of Risk & Compliance, Information Security, Westpac Banking Corporation
2.10PM	The Ramifications that an Identity Card System might have on National Security Issues • Which attacks and threats etc. might have been prevented had such a scheme been in place? • What are the security threats around potential access to the register?	3-D & GIS Based Vulnerability Analysis in Australia • Applications for defence: Delivering “three dimensional situational awareness and friendly airspace battle management” • Wider Australia focus: Using GIS to more effectively model critical dependency • Using GIS tools to help people better represent vulnerabilities • More than just a “simulation” Dr. Chris Flaherty, Principal Consultant, Critical Infrastructure Protection	Whole of Nation Security - Integrating SRM at National, Societal and Organisational Levels • Defining our concepts of National Interest and Societal Resilience • The current state of ‘Whole of Nation Security’ • What we do and don’t do well • Opportunities to better integrate the capabilities of government, organisations and individuals Julian Talbot, Jakeman Business Solutions (JBS) & Risk Management Institution of Australasia (RMIA)	High Level Security Risk Assessment & Mitigation Techniques from a Global Resources Company: Case Study • The context at BHP - moving towards organisational resilience • Evaluating projects in politically instable environments • Ensuring due diligence • Balancing reputational risk • Engaging with local communities and leaving a positive legacy • Critical infrastructure protection Vs business critical infrastructure • Using a roadmap to uncover the high level focus: Terrorism / Interest Motivated Groups / Corruption / Crime / Civil Unrest Patrick Gallagher, Regional Asset Protection Manager, Australasia, BHP BILLITON
2.50PM	AFTERNOON TEA
3.10pm The Threat to National Security Caused by the Financing of Terrorism International money laundering How to safeguard charities, non-profit organisations and alternative remittance systems against existing threats Tracking movement and financial data with associations a person may have overseas Credit card fraud and the links to terrorism John Visser, General Manager Intelligence Branch, AUSTRAC 3.50pm KEYNOTE ADDRESS Secure New South Wales: Public and Private Sector Working Together Police and business working at an operational level together Terrorism: The current operating environment - trends & initiatives State and federal perspective Nick Kaldas, Deputy Commissioner, NSW Police 4.30pm The Role of the Media in Security Issues and Incidents Media representation Facilitated by Alan Sunderland, Head of National Programs, ABC News Leigh Sales, National Security Correspondent and the author of the book on David Hicks, ABC Cameron Stewart, The Australian Tom Allard, Sydney Morning Herald
5.10PM	Closing Remarks from the Chairs
5.20PM	Conference close

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