Welcome to ASIOโs Virtual Experience for Technologists
ASIO protects Australia and Australians from threats to their security. ASIOโs people are ordinary Australians who do extraordinary things. The roles in ASIO are as diverse as our people โ we have more careers opportunities for technologists than you might expect.
Technology is at the heart of ASIOโs mission. We recruit technologists from a wide array of backgrounds and experience levels who want to make a difference.
As a Technologist Graduate, you will be assigned to a stream based on your academic background, skills and experience. The streams include Science & Engineering; Data & Analytics; Information & Cyber Security; Software Engineering & Development; and IT Platforms.
You will be part of a program that will train, develop and support you to have a career that makes a difference.
This Virtual Experience is self-paced and should take approximately 90 minutes to complete.
This Virtual Experience is free for all students.
After completing this Virtual Experience you will have rare insight about the work of Technologist Graduates in ASIO.
ย ย Module 1: Geospatial analysis; information exploitation, data profiling and open-source research skills.
ย ย Module 2: Telecommunications data analysis; digital profiling; Information Security; IT security.
ย ย Module 3:ย Software development
Module 1 - Find the โDead Dropโย (30 minutes)
A โDead Dropโ is an intelligence term for a secret location where spies can exchange information without ever meeting in person. ASIO suspects a spy (Ms Pink) and her handler (known to ASIO as โThe Bossโ) are using a โDead Dropโ as part of their intelligence tradecraft. ASIO needs your help to identify the exact location using the information and clues provided.
Module 2 โ Identify โThe Bossโย (40 minutes)
Your next task is to discover the real name of โThe Bossโ by analysing telecommunications data. You will work with a spreadsheet of call logs and a set of clues about โThe Bossโ and an accomplice. Matching call times and durations will help you work out who โThe Bossโ really is.
Module 3 - Reveal the Networkย (20 minutes)
In this final task, you will fix a broken piece of code to reveal the password โThe Bossโ uses to access a covert network. Once you have discovered this password, ASIO will be able to intercept its covert communications and disrupt any potential threats to security.
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The opportunity is available to applicants in any of the following categories.
Australia
Australian Citizen