Northern Territory Defence and National Security Strategy 2018

whitePaper | February 27, 2023

The virtual private network (VPN) has been a powerful tool in the network security administrator’s toolbox for decades, because it has provided a means for remote computers to communicate securely across an untrusted network such as the internet. Whether for branch offices communicating with headquarters (siteto-site), or an employee working from home (remote access), the VPN provided a secure point-to-point tunnel back to resources on protected networks.

whitePaper | April 30, 2022

In the spring of 2021, the White House issued an executive order putting into place guidelines on how to improve the nation’s cybersecurity stance. This requires federal agencies to modernize their approach to cybersecurity by becoming more transparent about cyber threats for protection. Government agencies are required to move toward a Zero Trust architecture, which calls for an “assume-breach” mindset and secures all cloud services. Federal agency heads must develop a plan for implementing the ZT Architecture and incorporate guidelines from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as appropriate.

whitePaper | March 3, 2020

Artificial intelligence (AI) systems have raised concerns in the public—some speculative and some based in contemporary experience. Some of these concerns overlap with concerns about privacy of data, some relate to the effectiveness of AI systems and some relate to the possibility of the misapplication of the technology. At the same time, the development of AI technology is seen as a matter of national priority, and fears of losing the “AI technology race” fuel national efforts to support its development.

whitePaper | February 21, 2020

Protecting our Nation’s security and continuing to enhance the prosperity of our citizens are my top priorities. Ensuring that the United States is protected against espionage and other damaging intelligence activities conducted by our foreign adversaries is essential to meeting those goals. The Nation faces an expanding array of foreign intelligence threats by adversaries who are using increasingly sophisticated methods to harm the United States.

whitePaper | March 13, 2023

The intensifying impacts of climate change create challenges for the environment, public health, and the economy. President Biden set an ambitious target for the United States to achieve a 50-52 percent reduction in annual greenhouse gas emissions1 from 2005 levels by 2030, and is mobilizing a whole-of-government approach to climate action, capitalizing on major legislative achievements, through policies in the 2024 fiscal year budget that hasten and smooth the transition to a net-zero economy.

whitePaper | July 1, 2022

We believe that more open public services can benefit everybody in the UK and that finding ways to deliver better services for less money is a challenge that is common to all four nations of the UK. The scope of this paper is UK wide, but in devolved areas of policy it is for the devolved administrations to determine their own approach to public service reform. The three devolution settlements in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are all different although, in general, services such as health, education and those provided by local government are under devolved control. If you live or work in any of the devolved territories and are in any doubt as to which of these reforms would apply there, the relevant territorial office will be able to advise you. We are committed to working in partnership with the devolved administrations to share good practice and to explore whether our approach would suit their particular circumstances and need.