asio defence dept and others, page-2

The Business Liaison Unit that the announcement mentions as a planned "target" sounds - IMHO - absolutely appropriate. It is one govt agency, among others, that advises business on security, including data/comms security. Hence, "The BLU also liaises with industry via presentations at trade conferences and direct briefings to major Australian corporations. Included in this work are executive meetings arranged by the BLU between the Director-General of Security and company CEOs, and other board/executive members". - see http://www.asio.gov.au/Media/Contents/AICC_2008.aspx

See also the D-G's recent speech on "Threats to business in the current security environment" - see http://www.asio.gov.au/Media/Contents/AICC_2008.aspx

Disclaimer: discussion purposes only - sheer idle speculation at this stage