Signals personnel understand the strategic importance of their work. Yet most Australians know little of the organisations that work in this domain and the resources at their disposal. The shroud of secrecy is being drawn back for transparency and accountability, and recognising that cyber defence involves business and individuals as well as government. Thus Revealing Secrets offers a consolidated history of Australian SIGINT and Cyber. Drawing on open access information, the project began as a history of the Australian Signals Directorate and broadened to embrace all who work in “revealing of others’ secrets and the protection of one’s own” (p.2). It offers a comprehensive overview of the battles, organisations, personnel and technology that has been utilised and developed with SIGINT.
CHAP Cronshaw has shared the above review in another forum with a now slightly updated version to ‘ Grounded Curiosity’https://groundedcuriosity.com/?p=11120&shareadraft=baba11120_66238a6b692fc