The Auditor-General has issued Audit Report No.50 2013–14, "The Cyber Attacks: Securing Agencies’ ICT Systems": http://www.anao.gov.au/~/media/Files/Audit%20Reports/2013%202014/Audit%20Report%2050/AuditReport_2013-2014_50.pdf
The Auditor reported on security at: * Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS); * Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (Customs); * Australian Financial Security Authority (AFSA); * Australian Taxation Office (ATO); * Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT); * Department of Human Services (DHS); and * IP Australia. The agencies are reported to have "... security controls in place to provide a reasonable level of protection from breaches and disclosures of information from internal sources. However, this is not sufficient protection against cyber attacks from external sources." -- Tom Worthington FACS CP, TomW Communications Pty Ltd. t: 0419496150 The Higher Education Whisperer http://blog.highereducationwhisperer.com/ PO Box 13, Belconnen ACT 2617, Australia http://www.tomw.net.au Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Research School of Computer Science, Australian National University http://cs.anu.edu.au/courses/COMP7310/ _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
