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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