Australia Proposes Security Law to Protect Critical Infrastructure Against Cyber Attacks

guest · Oct 27, 2020

Australia Proposes Security Law to Protect Critical Infrastructure Against Cyber Attacks
October 25, 2020
https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-s...ritical-infrastructure-against-cyber-attacks/

The Australian Government is committed to protecting the essential services all Australians rely on by uplifting the security and resilience of critical infrastructure.

Increasingly interconnected and interdependent critical infrastructure is delivering efficiencies and economic benefits to operations. However, connectivity without proper safeguards creates vulnerabilities that can deliberately or inadvertently cause disruption resulting in cascading consequences across national economies, affecting their security and sovereignty.
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The Australian Department of Home Affairs proposed national security laws in a consultation paper aimed at industry, academia and state and territory governments. The proposed laws will grant federal government agencies the power to “take direct action” against cyber-attacks and obtain information from critical infrastructure entities if it is deemed to be in the national interest.
Categorization of covered entities
Entities covered under the proposal would be categorized as either a “critical infrastructure asset,” a “regulated critical infrastructure asset” or “systems of national significance.” The image below maps these categories with the elements of the proposed framework.
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Final thoughts
The consultation paper, which is aligned with Australia’s 2020 Cyber Security Strategy, intends to make Australian critical infrastructure entities act proactively, rather than being reactive, to address the expanded threat landscape. A strong proactive mentality like this can be a win-win case.

The biggest challenge is to cement a working relationship between the industries and the Australian government based on mutually accepted risks of discovered vulnerabilities to eliminate false positives and establish trust.
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Paper: "Protecting Critical Infrastructure and Systems of National Significance"
(PDF): https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/reports-and-pubs/files/protecting-critical-infrastructure-systems-consultation-paper.pdf

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