National E-security Awareness Week (the Week) is an Australian Government initiative that aims to help Australians understand e-security risks and educate home and small business users about the simple steps they can take to protect themselves, their families and their businesses online. 

There are events, community activities and initiatives scheduled across Australia throughout the Week, initiated by the Australian Government and its industry and community partners, which will explore e-security 1) In the home: looking at the many ways families use  the internet at home, from online transactions to social networking ; 2) On the land: highlighting the increasingly crucial role the internet plays in rural and regional Australia, and 3) In the office: looking at the value of the internet to small businesses who are increasingly operating online.

The Australian Government's Stay Smart Online website provides information on e-security matters.

To participate in Open Forum's online debate around e-Security, click here.

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NATIONAL E-SECURITY AWARENESS WEEK EVENTS

Friday, 6 June

• Morning, Canberra ACT - Launch by the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy
• 10:00am-12:00pm, Bulahdelah NSW - Being Secure On-Line seminar by CTC 
• 11:30am, Docklands VIC - "e-Security: is it my problem?", a small business seminar; speaker - Rob Forsyth, Sophos (City of Melbourne and Digital Harbour)
• 1:00pm-4:30pm, Cooranbong NSW - e-Security seminar by AFP and the Australian Seniors Computer Clubs Association (Lake Macquarie, Cooranbong Community Centre, Freeman's Drive). Free attendance, RSVP essential - please call 02 4975 3360 or email westlake at bigpond.net.au
• 1:30pm-3:00pm, Scone NSW -  Being webwise seminar by CTC

Saturday, 7 June - Sunday, 8 June

• The Week info to appear on big screens and in game programs at 8 AFL matches across the weekend

Monday, 9 June

• 11:00am-1:00pm, Bulahdelah NSW - Being Secure On-Line seminar by CTC
• 12:30pm, Melbourne - Minister Conroy to attend Melbourne v Collingwood match at the MCG
• 7:30pm, Perth WA - AFP seminar for students, parents, teachers (Methodist Ladies College, 356 Stirling Highway, Claremont)

Tuesday, 10 June

• 7:00am & 10:00am, Darwin - a small business breakfast hosted by the NT government, with key speaker Geoff Rhodes, E-security expert
• 10:00am-2:00pm, Sydney - Seminar by AFP and the Australian Seniors Computer Clubs Association (Level 1, 280 Pitt Street). Free attendance, RSVP essential - please call 02 9286 3871 or email ascca at ascca.org.au
• 10:00am-12:00pm, Bowraville NSW - Seniors workshop by CTC
• 10:00am-12:00pm, Kyogle NSW - Protection Software seminar by CTC
• 11:00am-1:00pm, Holbrook NSW - Staying Safe Online seminar by CTC
• 12:00noon, North Ryde, NSW - Microsoft will launch a new suite of consumer information products as part of a campaign encouraging consumers to ‘protect yourself, protect your PC, protect your family'; speakers - Senator Stephen Conroy and Tracy Fellows
• 3:00pm-5:30pm, Tambar Springs NSW - e-Security  seminar by CTC
• 4:00pm, ANU, Canberra, ACT -  a public lecture/seminar by Quintessence (a start-up company developing a commercial application for Quantum Cryptography)
• 5:30pm-7:30pm, Bowraville NSW - Home workshop by CTC
• 7:00pm, Conder, ACT - AFP seminar for students, parents, teachers (St Clare of Assisi)
• Sydney - SCADA COI meeting

Wednesday, 11 June

• 10:00am-12:00pm, Eden NSW - e-Security seminar by CTC
• 11:00am-12:00pm & 2:00pm-3:00pm, Holbrook NSW - Staying Safe Online  seminar by CTC
• 11:00am-12:00pm, Kyogle NSW - Internet Nasties seminar by CTC
• 11:00am-3:00pm, Tea Gardens NSW -  e-Security seminar by CTC
• 1:30pm, Brisbane, QLD - Auscert and Malcolm Compton, Information Integrity Solutions, host a social networking seminar for high school students, parents and teachers (University of Queensland)
• 2:00pm-4:00pm, Oberon NSW - Phishing and Identity Theft seminar by CTC
• 3:00pm-5:30pm, Tambar Springs NSW - e-Security seminar by CTC

Thursday, 12 June

• 8:40am, Adelaide, SA - AFP Seminar for students, teachers, parents (Brighton Secondary School, Brighton Road, Brighton)
• 9:30am-1:00pm, North Ipswich, QLD - Seminar by  the Australian Seniors Computer Clubs Association (Ipswish RSL Club, Cnr Downs & Lowry Streets). Free attendance, RSVP essential - please call 07 3281 5646 or email ebelliott at optusnet.com.au
• 9:30am-11:30am, Wellington NSW - Seniors workshop by CTC
• 11.30am, Adelaide, SA - AFP Seminar for students, teachers, parents (St Peters' Girls College, Stoneyfell Road, Stoneyfell)
• Tasmania - SCADA COI meeting
• 5:30pm-7:30pm, Coonamble NSW - e-Security seminar by CTC
• 6:00pm-8:00pm, Wellington NSW - Small Business Workshop by CTC 7:00pm-9:00pm, Oberon NSW - Small Business and e-Security seminar by CTC

Friday, 13 June

• 10:00am-2:00pm, Sydney - Over the horizon e-security forum, which will look to the future to anticipate upcoming challenges for internet security; speaker - Senator Stephen Conroy
• 10:30am-12:30pm, Coonamble NSW - e-Security seminar by CTC
• 10:00am-12:00pm, Eden NSW - e-Security seminar by CTC
• 1:30-3:00pm, Scone NSW - Internet Nasties seminar by CTC

A broad group of Australian and international corporations, peak bodies and community groups have joined with Government to promote e-security throughout the Week. Partners include:

• Corporate partners: Ebay (awareness raising campaign), McAfee, Microsoft, Sophos, Symantec (media outreach), Telstra (awareness raising campaign)
• Community partners: Australian Seniors Computer Clubs Association, Community Technology Centres (36 community workshops to be held in 18 locations across regional NSW)
• Peak bodies: Australian Bankers' Association,  Abacus - Australian Mutuals (outreach though credit societies and mutuals),  Australian Industry Group
• Government: Australian Federal Police, High Tech Crime Operations, Attorney General's Department, Australian Communications and Media Authority

For more information contact Lisa Norris, Quay Connection, (02) 8572 8000, 0404 833 307