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Tight security imperative for Australian broadband network
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-09-09 16:59

CANBERRA: Security must be at the center of the National Broadband Network (NBN) initiative as cyber-crime rises, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) said on Wednesday.

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The Australian government's plan for a $37 billion network to run around the nation has already commenced in Tasmania, but there has been little talk about security risks that might be associated with the network.

"We need to ensure the security and the resilience ... is quite strong," AFP Commander Neil Gaughan told a parliamentary committee.

He warned "there have been incidents in the recent past" when it comes to large Australian companies being targeted for cyber espionage.

Earlier this week the nation's biggest telco, Telstra, warned the planned broadband network was not going to fix internet access for all across the continent.

Telstra executive David Quilty welcomed the NBN initiative but said it would not solve all the problems of the industry.

"The reality is there is another significant global trend going on, and that is mobility trend," he said.