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Health Sector Snapshot   News

Feb 10, 2021 - This Sector Snapshot is designed to enhance awareness of key cyber security threats in the health sector and advise executives and cyber security professionals within the health sector on what they can do to protect their organisation from cyber threats. This report provides a high-level overview of the cyber security environment from 1 January to 31 December 2020.

2020 Health Sector Snapshot   Reports and statistics

Feb 22, 2021 - This Sector Snapshot is designed to enhance awareness of key cyber security threats in the health sector and advise executives and cyber security professionals within the health sector on what they can do to protect their organisation from cyber threats. This report provides a high-level overview of the cyber security environment within the health sector over a twelve month period (1 January to 31 December 2020).

Small business cyber security guide   Publication

Jun 16, 2023 - This guide includes basic security measures to help protect your business against common cyber threats.

Modern defensible architecture for senior decision-makers   Publication

Oct 23, 2025 - ASD’s ACSC and the following international partners present this guidance to assist senior decision-makers to understand the contemporary threat landscape and how modern defensible architecture can support organisations to defend against current threats and prepare for future threats.

Sign up for alerts  

Nov 14, 2024 - Sign up for alerts on the latest threats and vulnerabilities.

2022-02: Australian organisations should urgently adopt an enhanced cyber security posture   Advisory

Apr 28, 2022 - Entities should follow ACSC advice and act on improving their resilience within a heightened threat environment.

Building cyber capability and resilience across the Asia Pacific region   News

Nov 6, 2025 - Working together to engage with international partners to drive cyber security uplift and cyber threat awareness.

Cyber security for charities and not-for-profits   Guidance

Sep 30, 2025 - How to avoid common cyber threats and protect your mission .

Australian organisations encouraged to urgently adopt an enhanced cyber security posture   Alert

Mar 28, 2022 - Australian organisations are encouraged to urgently adopt an enhanced cyber security posture. Organisations should act now and follow ACSC’s advice to improve their cyber security resilience in light of the heightened threat environment.

Cyber security priorities for boards of directors 2025-26   Publication

Oct 30, 2025 - This advice outlines questions boards can ask of management and their organisation to understand its cyber security posture in the current cyber threat environment.

Managing cryptographic keys and secrets   Publication

Aug 26, 2025 - This guide has been developed to help organisational personnel in understanding the threat environment and the value of implementing secure keys and secrets management to make better informed decisions.

Ongoing targeting of online code repositories   Alert

Sep 19, 2025 - The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD's ACSC) is aware of increased targeting of online code repositories, with threat actors employing various tactics to scan for and extract secrets, access private code bases, and modify packages to infect users.

The ASD’s ACSC does not have information to indicate that a specific industry or sector is being targeted, with this advisory providing general awareness of an observed increase in activity.

Foundations for modern defensible architecture   Publication

Oct 23, 2025 - The Foundations represent the first step to help organisations adopt a ‘modern defensible architecture’ approach, which will enable them to evolve alongside the threat landscape.

#StopRansomware: Play ransomware   Advisory

Jun 5, 2025 - This joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) is part of an ongoing #StopRansomware effort to publish advisories for network defenders that detail various ransomware variants and ransomware threat actors.

Countering Chinese State-Sponsored Actors Compromise of Networks Worldwide to Feed Global Espionage System   Advisory

Aug 28, 2025 - This joint cyber security advisory gives vital insights on People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-sponsored cyber threat actors, how they gain and maintain persistent access, and the capabilities they have. It provides threat hunting guidance and mitigation strategies to help safeguard your networks.

Small business hub  

Sep 30, 2025 - How to protect your small business from common cyber threats.

Strategies to mitigate cybersecurity incidents   Publication

Feb 1, 2017 - The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) has developed prioritised mitigation strategies to help organisations mitigate cybersecurity incidents caused by various cyberthreats. This guidance addresses targeted cyber intrusions (i.e. those executed by advanced persistent threats such as foreign intelligence services), ransomware and external adversaries with destructive intent, malicious insiders, ‘business email compromise’, and industrial control systems.

Update your small business cyber security   News

Jun 12, 2024 - Resources to help protect small businesses from cyber threats.

APT exploitation of Fortinet Vulnerabilities   Alert

Apr 3, 2021 - Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actors targeting historic Fortinet vulnerabilities.

Social engineering   Threat

May 29, 2025 - Social engineering is a significant threat to individuals and organisations, enabling malicious actors to compromise accounts, devices, systems or sensitive information.