The Glass Cage Under Siege

The Scenario

You’re suspended in a glass elevator at the Summit Skyride, with a panoramic view of the landscape below. But your focus isn’t on the scenery; it’s on the simulated cyberattack unfolding on your screen. Hostile actors are targeting critical Australian Public Service systems, threatening the data of millions of citizens. With you are 30 key stakeholders, including four generals, whose confidence in your agency's resilience is on the line. The elevator creaks—a chilling reminder that a failure here could shatter public trust and trigger a Robodebt-scale crisis of confidence.

The Augmented Response

Within 60 seconds of the initial intrusion, `agenticAI. It's ok!` detects the malicious signature via integrated Azure Monitor logs. It doesn't just send an alert; a crimson icon pulses on your screen as it immediately executes a pre-approved defensive playbook. You watch on your tablet as, using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) network policies, it automatically isolates the potentially compromised microservices, graphically severing the attacker's pathways and preventing lateral movement across the network.

Simultaneously, to prevent service disruption for citizens, it spins up clean, verified instances of essential services in a sandboxed environment, maintaining 99.95% uptime for critical public-facing functions. A moment later, an automated, plain-language incident report—complete with threat vector analysis, MITRE ATT&CK mapping, and mitigation steps taken—is instantly generated and securely distributed to the stakeholders' devices. This ensures 100% human oversight and strategic awareness, transforming a moment of potential panic into a demonstration of controlled, resilient defence.

Next Steps

This scenario illustrates how automated defence can transform cybersecurity from a reactive process into a proactive, resilient posture. To explore how this level of resilience can be integrated into your agency's security operations, let's schedule a dedicated briefing. We can demonstrate the automated incident response capabilities in a simulated environment and discuss alignment with your specific compliance frameworks and security protocols.