Cyber and Infrastructure Security Centre

Join us in celebrating the one year anniversary of the refreshed Organisational Resilience HealthCheck Tool! ?? Today marks one year since the refreshed HealthCheck Tool was released, and we want to thank everyone who has used this free?self-assessment tool over the past 12 months! With 700 uses in the past year, organisations are encouraged to regularly evaluate their resilience capabilities via the HealthCheck Tool to ensure improvement and progression of your organisational resilience. The Department of Home Affairs partnered with the University of Tasmania to update the original Organisational Resilience HealthCheck Tool and?the Organisational Resilience: Good Practice Guide. The updated Tool is designed to help organisations and individuals evaluate their resilience capabilities by assessing against 13 resilience indicators which have been informed by contemporary organisational resilience methodologies. ? For more info and to access the HealthCheck Tool, visit ?? https://lnkd.in/gNKvFBFf

Join us in celebrating Australia’s cultural diversity this Harmony Week, Monday 17 to Sunday 23 March 2025. ?? ? The Cyber and Infrastructure Security Centre encourages respect and a sense of belonging for everyone. Our town halls, workshops and events foster inclusive environments where we encourage diversity and promote respect. ? We hope all owners and operators of critical infrastructure enjoy a week of celebrating inclusiveness and respect?this Harmony Week. ?? To get involved, visit the official website ?? https://lnkd.in/gx2X4NH

Last Friday we hosted our first Critical Infrastructure Advisory Council (CIAC) meeting for 2025! The Council covered a range of topics, including how to enhance the Trusted Information Sharing Network to better meet the needs of our critical infrastructure community.??? For more on how we partner with industry ?? https://lnkd.in/g5tdp4-V

Microsoft has released its March security updates. This included: ? 57 vulnerabilities patched. ? 6 vulnerabilities with evidence of exploitation. ? 6 'Critical' rated. Users should apply the patch updates ASAP ?? https://lnkd.in/evWDum-R

?? Join us tomorrow for our Town Hall: Cyber Security Rules & Security of Critical Infrastructure Rules! Wednesday 12 March 2025, 1:30pm-2:30pm AEDT. We will discuss the implementation of the Rules and how we can support industry?to become acquainted with obligations under the legislation. Register here ?? https://lnkd.in/eXpUUuR2

In the 2023-2024 financial year, nearly 30% of Mandatory Cyber Incident Reports were late. ? Early reporting helps facilitate immediate assistance to impacted entities and supports broader industry uplift of security standards. It also informs both proactive and reactive cyber response options. Learn more about your obligations as a mandatory reporter and the potential insider threats here: https://lnkd.in/g8rRT5pm

Happy International Women’s Day! March Forward for ALL Women and Girls ?? ? The Cyber and Infrastructure Security Centre is committed to building a workforce where gender equality is a reality.?This is through a supportive and collaborative culture that fosters an inclusive workplace, creates equal opportunities for leadership and embraces flexible work that empowers women to thrive. Pictured is First Assistant Secretary Sally Pfeiffer, Critical Infrastructure Partnerships and Policy, speaking at our 2024 Critical Infrastructure Security Excellence Workshop in Melbourne. ??

We would like to congratulate Kyile W. from Transgrid who was one of our CISM 2024 Quiz winners! Our CISM 2024 page has lots of resources to help you grow your knowledge of CI security & resilience ?? https://lnkd.in/gJ6BbP2z

?? 3 days left to participate in the consultation on the Guiding Principles to embed Zero Trust Culture! Zero trust is a principle-based model that promotes the concept that users and devices should be granted access to an organisation’s digital infrastructure only when necessary, and only to components required. For more information visit: https://lnkd.in/gZzgWRbq

Cyber security is a team sport, and the aim of the game is collaboration – not competition. This week I was pleased to be joined by senior representatives from Australia’s major supermarket operators – Coles, Woolworths, ALDI and Metcash – to put cyber response plans under the microscope and stress test our ability to respond to a cyber incident. While Australia maintains a high level of food security, we know that no sector of the Australian economy is immune to cyber threats. The National Cyber Exercise Program is a key initiative of Australia’s Cyber Security Strategy that tests, validates and strengthens Australia's nationwide cyber security arrangements to ensure we are prepared to respond to cyber incidents. Throughout the day, our industry partners worked through a hypothetical cyber security scenario, together with the National Office of Cyber Security and other government representatives, putting incident response plans and cross-sector collaboration to the test. My two key takeaways: 1: the more we practice our response in a test environment, the better our ability will be to protect against real attacks, and 2: success is driven by the way government and industry work as a team.