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National Security
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DSTO National Security Program
The DSTO National Security Program leverages critical and unique defence science and technology capabilities to benefit civilian agencies.
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- Defence White Paper 2009
As identified in the Defence White Paper 2009, this includes:
- defending against chemical, biological and radiological threats
- explosives detection and evaluation, including protection from blasts
- multi-media information exploitation and decision support tools
- information operations such as cyber security and computer forensics
DSTO’s National Security Program applies specialist skill in the following areas supporting civilian agencies:
- evaluation and analysis of biometric systems and surveillance technologies
- exercise support for emergency response and crisis management improvement
- socio-cultural modelling, to understanding group identities associated with conflict and terrorism
- whole of government decision support tools and strategic risk analysis