Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO)
About
The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO)
is an Australian intelligence agency and the nation’s security service. ASIO's purpose is to protect Australia
and Australians from threats to their security. Areas of Graduate Opportunities
priority include counter-terrorism, counter-espionage ASIO offer two 12-month graduate programs in Canberra. and foreign interference, border security, reform and The Corporate Graduate Program is targeted towards governance and accountability.
graduates who have studied disciplines such as law,
What kind of work?
structured rotations to gain first-hand experience across
ASIO's work includes:
- Collecting domestic and foreign intelligence
economics
and
accounting.
Graduates
complete
a range of corporate priorities.
- Providing advice to government and industry partners The Technologist Graduate Program is targeted towards to strengthen public safety - Investigating threats
graduates with skills in data analytics, science, cyber
and information security and software development.
- Analysing visa applications and other movements of Graduates undertake rotations across a variety of goods and people
technical areas and disciplines, both at the operational
Location
Both programs lead to permanent positions.
- Reforming data analytics and technology
Canberra
and enterprise level.
More information about these programs can be found here:
https://www.asio.gov.au/graduates.html
Fun Fact / Recent Project
In the 2018-19 Annual Report, ASIO identified the following security threats to Australia:
- Terrorism (Australia's national terrorism threat level remains at probable)
- Influence of offshore terrorist groups
- Rise of extreme right-wing terrorist groups in Australia - Communal violence and violent protest
- Espionage and foreign interference (particular targets
are Australia's military modernisation program and telecommunications sector).
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