Red Securium

On Thursday, the Australian Parliament unanimously passed the most controversial Bill of the year, The Access and Assistance Bill, 2018, better known as The Encryption Bill. It may be recollected that the Australian President had put forth his request for ‘The Access and Assistance Bill, 2018’ to be considered by the Australian Parliament before it dissolved for the year. Meanwhile, the Labour Party had strongly opposed this Bill and put forward several recommendations, which it later dropped, allowing the Australian Parliament to pass the Bill. Need for this Bill This Bill was accorded prime importance by several Australian Authorities since it would help curb terrorism and other criminal activities by enabling the law enforcement agencies to access the communication of suspects. The Encryption Bill requires the IT companies to provide the law enforcement agencies with the necessary access.  This is likely to help curb terrorism and keep a tab on several other criminal act