Baidam signs cybersecurity-focused MOU with AUSCERT

Australian First Nations technology provider Baidam has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with AUSCERT, intended to uplift Australia’s cybersecurity community.

Under the agreement, Baidam and AUSCERT will focus their collaboration on five key areas: cyber threat intelligence; incident response; phishing takedowns; security capability training across technical, risk, and executive functions; and joint events. 

The agreement formalises a relationship that has been growing since 2019, when the two organisations first came together during NAIDOC Week.

"This partnership with AUSCERT reflects our shared commitment to creating meaningful change - not just for customers, but for the communities we serve,” said Beau Hodge, Baidam’s chief executive.

“We aim to deliver impactful social and financial returns that help bridge the gap for Australia’s First Nations Peoples while strengthening the nation’s cybersecurity resilience." 

"This partnership is founded on a genuine desire to help the other party succeed, and that is what makes it so meaningful," Dr David Stockdale, director of cyber security at The University of Queensland, where AUSCERT is based, said.

“We're not just formalising a commercial arrangement - we're recognising a relationship built on honesty, shared purpose, and people who genuinely care."