Contents Ministerial Foreword / Executive Summary ........................................................................... 2 National Plan to Combat Cybercrime – Vision, approach and action ..................................... 3 Vision ............................................................................................................................. 3 Approach ....................................................................................................................... 3 Action............................................................................................................................. 3 The Cybercrime Threat ......................................................................................................... 4 What is cybercrime? ...................................................................................................... 4 Example one: Ransomware and other cyber-dependent crime continues to grow.......... 4 Example two: Impact of financial cybercrime.................................................................. 5 Example three: Cyber-enabled crime causes profound harm ......................................... 5 Australia’s response to combating cybercrime ...................................................................... 8 Strong foundations to combat cybercrime ...................................................................... 8 Empowering government, Australian community and Australian businesses to combat cybercrime ..................................................................................................... 9 The 2022 National Plan to Combat Cybercrime .................................................................. 11 Pillar One: Prevent and Protect .................................................................................... 11 Pillar Two: Investigate, Disrupt and Prosecute ............................................................ 12 Pillar Three: Recover ................................................................................................... 13 Working towards the future – The National Cybercrime Forum ........................................... 14 Establishing the National Cybercrime Forum ............................................................... 14 The National Cybercrime Forum’s Roadmap to developing the National Plan to Combat Cybercrime ................................................................................................. 15 National Plan to Combat Cybercrime 2022 1