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New guidance for small businesses to protect your devices and accounts News
Jul 9, 2025 - Follow a list of step-by-step actions to help protect your Apple, Google and Microsoft devices and accounts.
Update your small business cyber security News
Jun 12, 2024 - Resources to help protect small businesses from cyber threats.
Cyber resources for small businesses News
Feb 11, 2022 - Last December, the Council of Small Business Organisations Australia (COSBOA) co-hosted an Act Now, Stay Secure breakfast at the National Portrait Gallery, along with the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) and the Department of Home Affairs.
Protecting against business email compromise Publication
Oct 6, 2021 - Business email compromise is when malicious actors use email to abuse trust in business processes to scam organisations out of money or goods. Malicious actors can impersonate business representatives using similar names, domains or fraudulent logos as a legitimate organisation or by using compromised email accounts and pretending to be a trusted co-worker.
New publication to help small businesses manage cyber security risks from AI News
Jan 14, 2026 - Learn about the cyber security risks and mitigations you should consider when adopting AI. This publication also includes an example of deploying AI chatbots securely and a cyber security checklist.
Protecting your family Guidance
May 2, 2023 - Advice and guidance for parents and guardians to help children have secure experiences online.
Protecting your staff Guidance
Apr 11, 2023 - An incident response plan can help organisations to respond to cyber security incidents while continuing to conduct business operations.
Cloud shared responsibility model: Guidance for individuals and small and medium businesses Publication
Oct 20, 2025 - This publication is for individuals and small and medium businesses that use or plan to use a cloud service. It explains what the shared responsibility model (SRM) is, and how responsibility for cloud security is shared between you and the cloud service provider (CSP).
Artificial intelligence for small business Publication
Jan 14, 2026 - This guide explains the key cyber security risks of adopting AI technologies and how to reduce while adopting. While traditional threats such as phishing, ransomware and insider threats are still relevant, this guide focuses on other risks that AI introduces.
Educational pack for small businesses Guidance
Jun 15, 2023 - This educational pack provides engaging content to help small business owners learn how to stay cyber secure. Includes practical activities for staff.
Securing Customer Personal Data for Small to Medium Businesses News
Nov 17, 2023 - As data breaches increasingly impact Australian businesses and their customers, it’s crucial for businesses to improve their data security practices and ensure their customers’ personal data is handled appropriately.
New advice on implementing SIEM/SOAR platforms in your organisation News
May 27, 2025 - ASD has published a publication series about Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) platforms in collaboration with our international partners.
Small business cyber security guide Publication
Jun 16, 2023 - This guide includes basic security measures to help protect your business against common cyber threats.
Small Business Cloud Security Guides News
Dec 16, 2022 - The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) has released a series of guides designed to help small businesses secure their cloud environment.
Small business Google Chromebook and ChromOS security guide Guidance
Nov 12, 2024 - This publication was developed by the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) with technical input from Chrome Engineering.
Small business cloud security guides: Executive overview Publication
Dec 16, 2022 - In recognition of the increasing prevalence of cloud computing, the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has published the Small business cloud security guides. These guides are designed to provide protection against cyber security incidents while remaining accessible to organisations which may not have the resources and expertise to implement a more sophisticated strategy.
Small business cloud security guides: Introduction Publication
Dec 16, 2022 - Securing your business can be a complex task. Among the numerous security priorities and configuration options, it can be difficult to know where to begin. These guides adapt ASD's ACSC’s Essential Eight mitigation strategies and outline an example of how each can be implemented to secure Microsoft 365 capabilities. The technical examples are designed to offer significant protection against cyber security incidents while remaining accessible to organisations with limited resources and cyber security expertise.
COVID-19 themed malicious cyber activity Advisory
Mar 27, 2020 - This update is designed to raise awareness of increasing COVID-19 themed malicious cyber activity, and provide practical cyber security advice that organisations and individuals can follow to reduce the risk of being impacted.
COVID-19 scam messages Advisory
Mar 16, 2020 - The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD's ACSC) is aware of a COVID-19 themed scam being distributed via text message.
Threat update: COVID-19 malicious cyber activity 20 April 2020 Advisory
Apr 20, 2020 - The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) continues to receive reports from individuals, businesses and government departments about a range of different COVID-19 themed scams, online frauds and phishing campaigns. This threat update is about raising awareness of the evolving nature of COVID-19 related malicious cyber activity impacting Australians.