[The cybersecurity field really is pretty farcical.] Public-Private cybersecurity centres Allie Coyne itNews Oct 26 2016 http://www.itnews.com.au/news/govt-defends-against-criticism-of-cyber-centres-439995
... "It came back to basic cyber security hygiene. One idea was to focus all our effort on one thing - like one of the ASD's top four strategies to mitigate targeted cyber intrusions - and say everyone in Australia should be [compliant with one] by a certain time," a source who attended the meeting said. ... [The DSD/ASD's ISM identifies maybe 100 to 200 threats. [DSD started with 35 strategies: http://asd.gov.au/infosec/mitigationstrategies.htm http://asd.gov.au/infosec/top-mitigations/mitigations-2014-table.htm [When they couldn't get any traction with that, they tried 4: http://asd.gov.au/publications/protect/top_4_mitigations.htm [That's too hard for agencies and corporations, so we're down to 1 now! -- Roger Clarke http://www.rogerclarke.com/ Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd 78 Sidaway St, Chapman ACT 2611 AUSTRALIA Tel: +61 2 6288 6916 http://about.me/roger.clarke mailto:[email protected] http://www.xamax.com.au/ Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Law University of N.S.W. Visiting Professor in Computer Science Australian National University _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
