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Audit: NSW’s local government audit found that 47% of councils did not have a cyber security plan | kirbyidau.com
by Steven Kirby | Jul 13, 2023 | A05.35 Independent review of information security, Australian Audit Report 2023, Compliance, Local Government, New South Wales | 0 |
Australian Audit Failure June 13 2023: NSW’s local government audit found that 47% of councils did not have a cyber security plan. IT policies and procedures were outdated or not in place at 43 councils.
Read MoreAudit: Western Australia Auditor General’s Local Government Information Security Audit 2021-22 reports 324 control weaknesses
by Steven Kirby | Mar 29, 2023 | A05.35 Independent review of information security, Australian Audit Report 2023, Availability, Compliance, Confidentiality, Integrity, Local Government, State Government, Western Australia | 0 |
West Australian Councils Audit Report 29 March 2023: Western Australia Auditor General’s Local Government Information Security Audit 2021-22 reports 324 control weaknesses. Cyber security concerns as council’s network rack found in staff toilet.
Read MoreAudit: Western Australia Auditor General’s State Government Information Systems Audit 2021-22
by Steven Kirby | Mar 22, 2023 | A05.35 Independent review of information security, Australian Audit Report 2023, Availability, Compliance, Confidentiality, Integrity, State Government, Western Australia | 0 |
West Australian State Government Audit Report March 2023: Auditor General’s State Government Information Systems Audit 2021-22 566 control weaknesses 34 significant. Cases: malicious insiders no MFA, outage from an unauthorised device, former employee accessing finance system one month after termination.
Read MoreAudit: Queensland Audit Office’s State Entities 2022 reports deficiencies in information systems
by Steven Kirby | Mar 16, 2023 | A05.35 Independent review of information security, Australian Audit Report 2023, Availability, Compliance, Confidentiality, Integrity, Queensland, State Government | 0 |
Queensland Audit Report 16 March 2023: Queensland Audit Office’s State Entities 2022 reports deficiencies in information systems. Only 33 per cent of departments have an effective system managing information security risks.
Read MoreAudit: Victoria audit warns of weak IT controls in council systems | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Feb 27, 2023 | A05.35 Independent review of information security, Australian Audit Report 2023, Availability, Compliance, Confidentiality, Integrity, iTnews, Local Government, State Government, Victoria | 0 |
Victorian Local Government Audit Report 27 February 2023: Victoria audit reports a significant rise in IT control weaknesses in council systems. Calls for Essential Eight adoption.
Read MoreAudit: Western Australia Auditor General’s Local Government Financial Audit 2020-21 reports 358 information system control weaknesses
by Steven Kirby | Aug 17, 2022 | A05.35 Independent review of information security, Australian Audit Report 2022, Availability, Compliance, Confidentiality, Integrity, State Government, Western Australia | 0 |
West Australian Audit Report August 2022: Auditor General’s Local Government Financial Audit 2020-21 reports 358 information system control weaknesses. 12 of the 45 entities did not met expectations across all six control categories and 68% of the audit results were below the minimum benchmark.
Read MoreAudit: WA Auditor General tables the 2021 Financial Audit Results for Universities and TAFEs
by Steven Kirby | Jul 24, 2022 | A05.35 Independent review of information security, Australian Audit Report 2022, Availability, Compliance, Confidentiality, Integrity, State Government, Western Australia | 0 |
West Australian Audit Report July 2022: Western Australia Auditor General tables the 2021 Financial Audit Results for Universities and TAFEs. OAG identified 124 information systems control weaknesses, a 20% increase 2020, 67% of the weaknesses as rated as moderate.
Read MoreAudit: Vic privacy watchdog uncovers third-party infosec risks at four agencies | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Jul 22, 2022 | A05.35 Independent review of information security, Australian Audit Report 2022, Availability, Compliance, Confidentiality, Integrity, iTnews, State Government, Victoria | 0 |
Australian Audit Report July 2022: Victorian privacy watchdog uncovers third-party infosec risks at four agencies. Agencies only partially effective at ensuring that third parties are securing public sector information.
Read MoreAudit: West Australian Local Government Information Systems Audit Report “a significant area of concern”
by Steven Kirby | Jun 22, 2022 | A05.35 Independent review of information security, Australian Audit Report 2022, Availability, Compliance, Confidentiality, Integrity, kirbyIDau News, Local Government, Western Australia | 0 |
Australian Audit Report June 2022: West Australian Local Government Information Systems Audit Report “a significant area of concern”. None of the 12 entities where we performed capability maturity assessments met benchmark.
Read MoreAudit: Queensland Audit Office Education 2021 Report finds “all need to strengthen their security”
by Steven Kirby | Jun 16, 2022 | A05.35 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 | A05.35 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 | A05.35 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 | A05.35 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.
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