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Audit: Queensland Audit Office Education 2021 Report finds “all need to strengthen their security”
by Steven Kirby | Jun 16, 2022 | 18.02.01 Independent review of information security, Australian Audit Report 2022, Availability, Compliance, Confidentiality, Integrity, kirbyIDau News, Queensland, State Government | 0 |
Australian Audit Report June 2022: Queensland Audit Office Education 2021 Report finds “all need to strengthen their security”. Deficiencies identified with user and privilege access management, audit log and user activity monitoring.
Read MoreAudit: Cyber basics still beyond fed gov as Essential Eight mandate looms | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Jun 10, 2022 | 18.02.01 Independent review of information security, Australia, Australian Audit Report 2022, Availability, Compliance, Confidentiality, Federal Government, Integrity | 0 |
Australian National Audit Office Report June 2022: Cyber basics still beyond fed gov as Essential Eight mandate looms. Audit finds most controls “still significantly below” requirement.
Read MoreAudit: WA councils fail to detect simulated cyber attack in audit | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Nov 25, 2021 | 18.02.01 Independent review of information security, Australian Audit Report 2021, Availability, Compliance, Confidentiality, Integrity, Local Government, Western Australia | 0 |
West Australia Council Audit Report November 2021. WA councils fail to detect simulated cyber attack in audit. Only three out of 15 entities did so in a “timely manner”.
Read MoreAudit: Queensland Audit Office (QAO) Water 2021 Report finds one breach and significant control weaknesses | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Nov 11, 2021 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian Audit Report 2021, Availability, Compliance, Confidentiality, Integrity, Queensland, State Government, Utilities | 0 |
Australian Utility Audit Report November 2021: Queensland Audit Office (QAO) Water 2021 Report finds one breach and significant control weaknesses in the security of information systems. Sunwater has acknowledge it was the organisation reported breached in the report.
Read MoreAudit: None of NSW’s lead cluster agencies have implemented all Essential Eight controls | ZDNet
by Steven Kirby | Nov 1, 2021 | 18.02.01 Independent review of information security, ASD Essential Eight, Australian Audit Report 2021, Compliance, New South Wales, State Government, ZDNet | 0 |
Australian Audit Failure November 2021: None of New South Wales lead cluster agencies have implemented all Essential Eight controls – Premier and Cabinet, Communities and Justice, Customer Service, Education, Planning, Regional NSW, Health, Treasury, and Transport.
Read MoreAudit: Fed govt cyber resilience unchanged since last year: auditor | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Jun 10, 2021 | Australia, Australian Audit Report 2021, Availability, Compliance, Confidentiality, Federal Government, Integrity, iTnews | 0 |
Australian Audit Fail June 2021: Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) finds cyber resilience unchanged since last year. Only one of 18 agency audited hits Essential Eight baseline.
Read MoreAudit: Dozens of NSW councils still without basic cyber security controls, audit finds | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | May 28, 2021 | Australian Audit Report 2021, Availability, Compliance, Confidentiality, Integrity, iTnews, Local Government, New South Wales | 0 |
Australian Audit Fail May 2021<: Dozens of NSW councils still without basic cyber security controls, audit finds. Poor management of cyber security at 58 of the state’s 128 local councils, nine county councils and 13 joint organisations.
Read MoreAudit: 328 weaknesses found by WA Auditor-General in 50 local government systems | ZDNet
by Steven Kirby | May 12, 2021 | Australian Audit Report 2021, Availability, Compliance, Confidentiality, Integrity, Internet of Things (IoT), Local Government, Western Australia | 0 |
Western Australian Audit Report November 2020. WA registry system flaws force auditor to delay findings by 18 months. ‘Highly unusual step’ taken to protect foundational system.
Read MoreAudit: WA registry system flaws force auditor to delay findings by 18 months | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Nov 26, 2020 | Australian Audit Report 2020, Compliance, Confidentiality, Integrity, iTnews, State Government, Western Australia | 0 |
Western Australian Audit Report November 2020. WA registry system flaws force auditor to delay findings by 18 months. ‘Highly unusual step’ taken to protect foundational system.
Read MoreAudit: Major NSW govt agencies still without disaster recovery plans for all systems | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Nov 25, 2020 | Australian Audit Report 2020, Availability, Compliance, iTnews, New South Wales, State Government | 0 |
Australian Audit Report November 2020. Major NSW govt agencies still without disaster recovery plans for all systems. Auditor finds at least seven agencies missing plans.
Read MoreAudit: NSW govt blasted for failing councils on cyber security | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Oct 9, 2020 | Australian Audit Report 2020, Compliance, iTnews, Local Government, New South Wales | 0 |
Australian Audit Report October 2020: New South Wales government blasted for failing councils on cyber security. Audit “complete lack” of support for IT security.
Read MoreAudit: ANAO finds Services Australia lacking in cyber and cost aspects of WPIT | ZDNet
by Steven Kirby | Sep 25, 2020 | Australia, Australian Audit Report 2020, Federal Government, Government Agency, Risk Management, ZDNet | 0 |
Australian Audit Report September 2020: ANAO finds Services Australia lacking in cyber and cost aspects of WPIT. Services Australia did not apply an appropriate framework to manage cyber security risk.
Read MoreAudit: ACT govt urged to improve data security after shocker audit | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Jun 22, 2020 | Australian Audit Report 2020, Australian Capital Territory, iTnews, State Government | 0 |
Australian Audit Report June 2020: ACT Government agencies don’t understand data security and put privacy at risk, auditor-general says. Agencies lacking understanding, awareness.
Read MoreAudit: NSW unis taken to task over poor cyber stance | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Jun 4, 2020 | Australian Audit Report 2020, Education and Training, iTnews, New South Wales, State Government | 0 |
Australian Audit Report June 2020: NSW unis taken to task over poor cyber stance. Institutions still without cyber risk policies, audit finds.
Read MoreAudit: Fed agencies cop mass fail in core systems cyber review | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | May 29, 2020 | Australia, Australian Audit Report 2020, Federal Government, iTnews | 0 |
Australian Audit Report May 2020: Australian federal agencies cop mass fail in core systems cyber review. Just one agency gets ‘essential eight’ tick for financial, HR systems.
Read MoreAudit: WA agencies still vulnerable to cyber security weaknesses | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Apr 8, 2020 | Australian Audit Report 2020, iTnews, State Government, Western Australia | 0 |
Australian Audit Report 2020: Western Australian agencies still vulnerable to cyber security weaknesses. Auditor identifies persistent infosec and business continuity risks.
Read MoreAudit: Queensland government cyber defences fail ethical hack test | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Oct 2, 2019 | Audit Report, Australian Audit Report 2019, iTnews, Queensland, State Government | 0 |
Audit Failure 2019: Queensland government cyber defences fail ethical hack test, sensitive information accessed with relative ease.
Read MoreAudit: Northern Territory School children’s data exposed to cyber security threats due to education department oversight | ABC Australia
by Steven Kirby | Aug 17, 2019 | 09 Access Control, ABC News (Australia), Audit Report, Australian Audit Report 2019, Education and Training, Northern Territory, State Government | 0 |
August 17 2019 Audit Finding: The confidential records of children and teachers have been left vulnerable to cyber security attacks and data mismanagement due to education departmental oversight in the Northern Territory Government, a report from the auditor general’s office has revealed.
Read MoreAudit: Australia Post told to improve cyber security practices | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Jul 4, 2019 | Audit Report, Australia, Australian Audit Report 2019, Government Agency, iTnews | 0 |
July 04 2019: Australia Post told to improve cyber security practices. Auditor says risk aren’t being managed “effectively”.
Read MoreAudit: CBA to ‘substantially’ overhaul privacy under OAIC undertaking | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Jun 27, 2019 | Audit Report, Australia, Australian Audit Report 2019, Banking and Finance, iTnews, Privacy | 0 |
June 27 2019: The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has accepted a court-enforceable undertaking from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) in the wake of investigations into issues with the bank’s handling of customer data.
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