Examples are given of early web page design, for the department and Minister for Defence. Examples of web pages for military operations conducted with other nation's defence forces are shown. The latest policy documents on Internet and web use, from the Defence Corporate Information program are discussed. Keywords Australian Defence Force, defense, Internet, web, information technology, policy, Australia. One way Australian Defence is bringing a corporate view to the use of IT across the organisation is to exploit the standardisation brought about by the Internet and the web.
Internet technology creates a challenge for security in a military environment.
However, it also provides greatly enhanced facilities, both within one organisation and between organisations. The examples I will be showing you are, of necessity, unclassified public web pages. However, the same techniques can and are being used for more sensitive information on intranet systems. The potential of these techniques for connecting together systems securely for combined operations between nations has yet to be realised. The Defence Home Page was launched on 2 March 1995.