Govt mulls stricter cyber security accountability for agencies

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https://www.itnews.com.au/news/govt-mulls-stricter-cyber-security-accountability-for-agencies-550047

By Justin Hendry
itnews.com.au
July 3, 2020

After years of apathy.

The Attorney-General’s Department has flagged that stricter cyber security 
accountability mechanisms could be on the way for federal government 
agencies following a string of worrying cyber resilience audits.

But the government remains tight-lipped on whether cyber security controls 
would be enforced, like it is reportedly considering for the private 
sector as part of the country's next cyber security strategy.

This is despite years of subpar compliance with the Australian Signals 
Directorate's mandatory Top Four cyber mitigation strategies across 
government, as repeatedly revealed by the Australian National Audit 
Office.

The Top Four form part of the government’s protective security policy 
(PSPF) framework, which requires that agencies self-assess against 16 core 
requirements each year using a to ‘maturity model’ and report the results 
to the AGD.

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