# Australian Agencies Enhance Cyber Resilience

Australian federal agencies, including the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) and Australian Signals Directorate, are emphasizing the urgent need to strengthen cyber resilience amid rapidly evolving model-driven cyber threats. Industry leaders highlight the critical role of containment strategies, zero trust architectures, and enhanced network visibility to prevent breaches from escalating into severe operational disruptions. The evolution of cybersecurity frameworks such as the Australian Cyber Essentials reflects a shift toward risk-informed, defensible architectures tailored to the modern threat landscape.

- Australian government procurement professionals should prioritize contracts and solutions that support advanced containment and zero trust capabilities aligned with the Australian Cyber Essentials framework.
- Vendors offering enhanced network visibility and risk-informed cybersecurity architectures, like Illumio, are positioned to meet growing federal demand.
- Organizations can leverage insights from key industry experts to inform procurement strategies that address the challenges posed by accelerated exploit timelines and the proliferation of connected devices.
- This focus on cyber resilience indicates increased federal investment in cybersecurity technologies and services that enable survivability and operational continuity in complex threat environments.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Public Safety, Information Technology
**Topics:** Cybersecurity, Regulatory Compliance
**Published:** September 16, 2026

### Government Entities
- Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC)
- Australian Signals Directorate

### Vendors
- Illumio (prime contractor)

### Key Quotes
> We need clearer and more understandable visibility across our networks. [Prioritise] assets and workloads, application deployment, east west flows, [all informed and directed by] business context.
> — John Lens, Chief Revenue Officer, Illumio

> To prevent breaches becoming [business-ending] disasters.
> — Brian Pitta, Vice President for Solution Architecture, Illumio

> Survivability and resilience are becoming harder through the proliferation of connected devices.
> — Alastair MacGibbon, Founder, CyberCX

### Sources
- [Containment 'Essential' for cyber resilience in the model driven era](https://itbrief.com.au/story/containment-essential-for-cyber-resilience-in-the-model-driven-era) - itbrief.com.au