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18 Jun NSW govt pours $1.6 billion into digital NSW govt pours $1.6 billion into digital Including $240 million for cyber security.

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The NSW government will pour $1.6 billion into its digital-centric investment fund to accelerate IT projects and bolster cyber security over the next three years. Premier Gladys Berejiklian revealed the landmark funding on Thursday alongside Treasurer Dominic Perrottet and Customer Service Minister Victor Dominello. The investment, which will be provided over three years, includes $1 billion in new funding and $600...

12 Jun Law firms targeted in high profile data hacks. Can your firm take the risk to its reputation of a data breach? Government clients require ASD Essential 8 compliance before engaging law firms for work.

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In May 2020 hackers hit A-list law firm Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks of New York. The firm whose clients include Lady Gaga, Drake, Madonna, Rod Stewart, and Robert De Niro. The hackers claim to have 756 gigabytes of data including contracts and personal emails. A...

05 Jun Tactics, Techniques and Procedures Used to Target Australian Networks. By the ACSC.

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//www.cyber.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/Summary%20of%20Tradecraft%20Trends%20for%202019-20%20%E2%80%93%20Tactics%2C%20Techniques%20and%20Procedures%20Used%20to%20Target%20Australian%20Networks%20%28May%202020%29.pdf Overview The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) investigated and responded to numerous cyber security incidents during 2019 and 2020 so far. This advisory provides a summary of notable tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) exploited by Advanced Persistent Threats (APT) and cybercriminals identified during the ACSC’s investigations....

05 Jun NSW Auditor General slams NSW Universities on Cyber Security and Essential 8

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//www.audit.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/Final%20report%20%20-%20Universities%202019%20audits%20tabled%204%20June%202020.P Extract from page 32 of the report: Cyber threats are becoming increasingly common and sophisticated as the global interconnectivity between computer networks has increased. Cyber security comprises technologies, processes and controls that are designed to protect IT systems and sensitive data from cyber attacks. The cyber security...

03 Jun AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WAY BEHIND IN ESSENTIAL 8 CORE SYSTEMS CYBER REVIEW BY THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE

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Just one agency gets ‘Essential 8’ tick for financial, HR systems. Only one of the federal government’s largest agencies has fully applied the Australian Signals Directorate’s Essential 8 to some of its most important systems, the national auditor has found. The finding is contained in the 2019...

02 Jun Essential 8 No 1 mitigant – Application Whitelisting

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ASD Essential Eight _Sécurité Application whitelisting with Airlock is a simple, repeatable process and incorporates proven and effective workflows, designed for ease of use, in dynamically changing environments. Airlock supports whitelisting of executables, libraries and scripts via hash, publisher and/or path-based policies. Why Airlock? SIMPLISTIC WORKFLOWS The largest challenge organisations face when implementing...

29 May Fed agencies cop mass fail in core systems cyber review Just one agency gets ‘Essential eight’ tick for financial, HR systems.

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//www.itnews.com.au/news/fed-agencies-cop-mass-fail-in-core-systems-cyber-review-548738 Only one of the federal government’s largest agencies has fully applied the Australian Signals Directorate’s essential eight to some of its most important systems, the national auditor has found. The finding is contained in the 2019 interim financial controls audit of major entities, which reviewed the...

29 May Free Thycotic Whitepaper: Privileged Access Management & ASD Essential 8 Compliance. How to align a PAM project for ASD Compliance and Maturity

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28 May Australia is painting a big red cyber target on its critical infrastructure

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//www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Australia-is-painting-a-big-red-cyber-target-on-its-critical-infrastructure Australian’s critical infrastructure is particularly vulnerable right now to cyber attacks due to years of under investment in cyber security and aging legacy systems. The threat of foreign state-sponsored hackers breaking into Australian infrastructure and wreaking havoc sounds like something out of a Tom Cruise film, but...

28 May Cyber-security fears takes Geelong Council website offline

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//www.bay939.com.au/news/local-news/118014-cyber-security-fears-takes-geelong-council-website-offline Geelong Council has taken the Geelong Australia website offline on Wednesday afternoon following a cyber-security incident. The site was pulled down as a precaution as council staff investigate. CEO Martin Cutter said extra services will be deployed should the website remain offline on Thursday. “To ensure we continue...