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Cyber security incident response planning: Executive guidance Publication
Dec 12, 2024 - The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) is responsible for monitoring and responding to cyberthreats targeting Australian interests. Reporting cybersecurity incidents to ASD ensures that timely assistance can be provided, if required. This may be in the form of investigations or remediation advice.
Mergers, acquisitions and Machinery of Government changes Publication
Jun 10, 2022 - This publication provides guidance on strategies that organisations can apply during mergers, acquisitions and Machinery of Government changes.
Report and recover from business email compromise Guidance
Jul 14, 2023 - Step-by-step guidance on how to respond to and recover from email compromise and impersonation attempts.
IoT Secure by Design guidance for manufacturers Publication
Sep 21, 2023 - This guidance has been produced for manufacturers in order to help them implement thirteen Secure by Design principles.
2021-007: Log4j vulnerability – advice and mitigations Advisory
Dec 29, 2021 - On 10 December 2021, ASD's ACSC released an alert relating to a serious vulnerability in versions of the Log4j Java logging library. Malicious cyber actors are using this vulnerability to target and compromise systems globally and in Australia. The ASD's ACSC is working with a significant number of victims and affected vendors across all sectors of the economy.
Advisory 2020-016: "Zerologon" - Netlogon Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2020-1472) Advisory
Sep 22, 2020 - The ACSC recommends organisations immediately patch affected Microsoft Windows systems with the Microsoft August 2020 Security Updates, released 11/08/2020.
Critical Infrastructure Uplift Program (CI-UP) Program page
Apr 16, 2024 - The Critical Infrastructure Uplift Program (CI-UP) offers a range of services that assist critical infrastructure (CI) partners to improve their resilience against cyberattacks.
Implementing network segmentation and segregation Publication
Oct 6, 2021 - Learn about practical strategies to make it harder for malicious actors to access sensitive data. This guidance is for those responsible for an organisation’s network architecture and design.
ASD's ACSC urges victims to report cybercrimes News
Jul 17, 2023 - The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD's ACSC) is urging all Australians to report cybercrimes immediately to ReportCyber amid the growing number of cybercrimes impacting Australians.
COVID-19 malicious cyber activity Alert
May 22, 2020 - Malicious cyber actors are actively targeting individuals and Australian organisations with COVID-19 related scams and phishing emails. These incidents are likely to increase in frequency and severity over the coming weeks and months. This is due, in part, to the ease in which existing scam emails and texts can be modified with a COVID-19 theme.
Guidelines for system management Advice
Sep 4, 2025 - This chapter of the Information security manual (ISM) provides guidance on system management.
Be Ready - auDA Domain Name Changes News
Mar 23, 2022 - The new domain name category could leave your business or organisation open to fraudulent cyber activity, such as business email compromise.
U.S., U.K., and Australia Issue Joint Cybersecurity Advisory News
Jul 28, 2021 - Cyber Agencies Share Top Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities
Essential Eight Maturity Model Update News
Nov 27, 2023 - The Australian Signals Directorate has updated the Essential Eight Maturity Model (E8MM).
Protect your cryptographic keys and secrets from malicious cyber actors News
Aug 26, 2025 - New guidance available for organisations using cryptographic keys and secrets.
Social media terms of use
May 7, 2024 - The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) uses a number of social media services as part of its communications activities. These services include Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Vimeo and YouTube.
Essential Eight explained Publication
Nov 27, 2023 - This publication provides an overview of the Essential Eight.
High Severity vulnerability present in OpenSSL version 3.x Alert
Nov 2, 2022 - The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) is aware of a buffer overrun and buffer overflow vulnerability in OpenSSL versions above to 3.0. All Australian organisations using version 3.x should apply the available patch immediately.
AGM & Conference 2025
Jul 9, 2025 - The 2025 APCERT AGM & Conference will be held on 25-27 November in Sydney, Australia—hosted by the Australian Signals Directorate's Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD's ACSC).
Modern defensible architecture Publication
Feb 10, 2025 - Modern defensible architecture is the first step in Australian Signals Directorate (ASD)’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC)’s push to ensure that secure architecture and design are being considered and applied by organisations in their cyber security and resilience planning.
Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian) Guidance
Aug 17, 2023 - The information and resources available are intended to increase your safety online and have been translated into Indonesian.
македонски (Macedonian) Guidance
Aug 17, 2023 - The information and resources available are intended to increase your safety online and have been translated into Macedonian.
Malti (Maltese) Guidance
Aug 17, 2023 - The information and resources available are intended to increase your safety online and have been translated into Maltese.
Italiano (Italian) Guidance
Aug 17, 2023 - The information and resources available are intended to increase your safety online and have been translated into Italian.
Español (Spanish) Guidance
Aug 17, 2023 - The information and resources available are intended to increase your safety online and have been translated into Spanish.
Bislama (Vanuatu Pidgin) Guidance
Aug 17, 2023 - The information and resources available are intended to increase your safety online and have been translated into Bislama.
Filipino (Filipino) Guidance
Aug 17, 2023 - The information and resources available are intended to increase your safety online and have been translated into Filipino.
ASD's ACSC social media community
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Guidelines for database systems Advice
Sep 4, 2025 - This chapter of the Information security manual (ISM) provides guidance on database systems.
Microsoft's investment in Australia’s cyber security News
Oct 24, 2023 - The Prime Minister has announced Microsoft’s $5 billion commitment to building Australia’s cyber defence.
