Federal Attorney-General Robert McLelland is tonight slated to unveil a new cyber-security unit created by peak intelligence agency the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO).

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Australia will spend $69 million building the technology infrastructure for biometric checks of visa applicants from countries considered a high risk of producing potential terrorists as part of Government's long-awaited Counter-Terrorism White Paper.

Attorney-General Robert McClelland says that nation's critical infrastructure protection programs are to be modified, with security agencies recommending greater emphasis on "resilience" rather than protection.

Telstra has unveiled a new security operations centre (SOC) in Canberra, designed to provide managed security services to enterprise and government customers across Australia.