Engagement

AHECS SERVICE COORDINATION

AHECS WEBSITE

Provision and support of AHECS website as the first point of call for cybersecurity providing curated content and linking to partner sites and services. Single pane of glass view of sector cybersecurity services.

HE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Proactive communication, facilitate involvement, collaboration and exchange between CAUDIT and the members ensuring AHECS is focused on specific member needs and delivering value-add benefits.

VENDOR ENGAGEMENT

Strategic engagement with vendors to influence product development (fit for purpose for HE & research). Negotiation and structuring of sector wide offerings to facilitate access and consumption. Leveraging aggregated procurement through CAUDIT (as approved by ACCC). Saving funds, time and effort for participating members (IT, procurement, legal, reduction in time to market).

CAUDIT CYBERSECURITY COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE

Proactive support and leadership of collaborative federated CAUDIT Cybersecurity Community of Practice delivering strategic and functional engagement and collaboration on trends, risks, threats, impacts, controls and good practices associated with all aspects of cybersecurity related to people, process and technology.

EXTERNAL RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT

Identification of opportunities for mutual benefit, including Advisory Council participation through engagement with government, research entities and international peers. (Attorney General’s Dept, ACSC, ASD, ACCS, etc) Development of the AHECS identity.

EVENTS AND CONFERENCE COORDINATION & DELIVERY

Cybersecurity events and conferences (aimed at staff working in HE and research) which increase awareness, provide educational opportunities, network with peers, engage with vendors and support cybersecurity professional development. Underpinning this will be a bi-annual cybersecurity HE and research conference, the annual AusCERT conference and AARNet Networkshop.