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/about-us/view-all-content/reports-and-statistics/annual-cyber-threat-report-2023-2024

Annual Cyber Threat Report 2023-2024   Reports and statistics

Nov 20, 2024 - ASD’s Annual Cyber Threat Report 2023–24 provides an overview of the key cyber threats impacting Australia, how ASD’s ACSC is responding and cyber security advice for Australian individuals, organisations and government to protect themselves online.

Individuals & families
Small & medium businesses
Organisations & Critical Infrastructure
Government
/about-us/news/exercise-box-here

Exercise in a Box is here   News

Nov 17, 2022 - This service provides an all in one platform that your organisation can use to assess and improve its cyber security practices in your own time, in a safe environment, and as many times as you want.

Small & medium businesses
Organisations & Critical Infrastructure
/about-us/advisories/threat-update-covid-19-malicious-cyber-activity-27-march-2020

Threat update: COVID-19 malicious cyber activity 27 March 2020   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.

Individuals & families
Small & medium businesses
Organisations & Critical Infrastructure
Government
/resources-business-and-government/governance-and-user-education/secure-by-design/shifting-balance-cybersecurity-risk

Shifting the Balance of Cybersecurity Risk   Publication

Oct 17, 2023 - The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency (NSA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) and the following international partners provide the recommendations in this guide as a roadmap for technology manufacturers to ensure security of their products.

Small & medium businesses
Organisations & Critical Infrastructure
Government
/about-us/news/head-acsc-address-aisa-cyber-conference-2021

Head ACSC Address to AISA Cyber Conference 2021   News

Mar 17, 2021 - The Future of Cyber Security in Australia’ – Address by Abigail Bradshaw CSC, on 15 March 2021 Canberra Convention Centre.

Individuals & families
Small & medium businesses
Organisations & Critical Infrastructure
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/resources-business-and-government/maintaining-devices-and-systems/cloud-security-guidance

Cloud security guidance  

Jan 18, 2024 - This page lists publications on securing the use of cloud computing services.

Small & medium businesses
Organisations & Critical Infrastructure
Government
/about-us/advisories/2021-trends-show-increased-globalized-threat-ransomware

2021 Trends Show Increased Globalized Threat of Ransomware   Advisory

Feb 10, 2022 - This joint Cybersecurity Advisory—authored by cybersecurity authorities in the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom—provides observed behaviors and trends as well as mitigation recommendations to help network defenders reduce their risk of compromise by ransomware.

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/resources-business-and-government/maintaining-devices-and-systems/system-hardening-and-administration/system-hardening/iot-secure-design-guidance-manufacturers

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.

Small & medium businesses
Organisations & Critical Infrastructure
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/about-us/view-all-content/alerts-and-advisories/svr-cyber-actors-adapt-tactics-initial-cloud-access

SVR cyber actors adapt tactics for initial cloud access   Advisory

Feb 27, 2024 - How SVR-attributed actors are adapting to the move of government and corporations to cloud infrastructure.

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Government
/resources-business-and-government/maintaining-devices-and-systems/system-hardening-and-administration/gateway-hardening/gateway-security-guidance-package-executive-guidance

Gateway security guidance package: Executive guidance   Publication

Jul 29, 2022 - The purpose of this guidance is to inform decision-makers at the executive level of their responsibilities, the appropriate considerations needed to make informed risk-based decisions, and to meet policy obligations when leading the design or consumption of their organisation’s gateway services.

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/resources-business-and-government/maintaining-devices-and-systems/outsourcing-and-procurement/managed-services/managed-service-providers-how-manage-risk-customer-networks

Managed service providers: How to manage risk to customer networks   Publication

Oct 6, 2021 - There are several mitigation strategies that managed service providers can implement to protect their own networks and manage the security risks posed to their customers’ networks.

Small & medium businesses
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/resources-business-and-government/maintaining-devices-and-systems/cloud-security-guidance/cloud-assessment-and-authorisation

Cloud assessment and authorisation   Publication

Jan 18, 2024 - This publication is co-designed with industry to support the secure adoption of cloud services across government and industry.

Organisations & Critical Infrastructure
Government
/resources-business-and-government/governance-and-user-education/secure-by-design/secure-demand-priority-considerations-operational-technology-owners-and-operators-when-selecting-digital-products

Secure by Demand   Publication

Jan 14, 2025 - This Secure by Demand guide, authored by CISA with contributions from the following partners, describes how OT owners and operators should integrate security into their procurement process when purchasing industrial automation and control systems as well as other OT products.

Small & medium businesses
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/resources-business-and-government/governance-and-user-education/artificial-intelligence/engaging-with-artificial-intelligence

Engaging with artificial intelligence   Publication

Jan 24, 2024 - The purpose of this paper is to provide organisations with guidance on how to use artificial intelligence (AI) systems securely. The paper summarises some important threats related to AI systems and includes cybersecurity mitigation strategies to aid organisations in engaging with AI while managing risk. It provides mitigations to assist both organisations that maintain their own AI systems and organisations that use third-party AI systems.

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/protect-yourself/secure-your-accounts/passkeys

Passkeys  

May 29, 2025 - Secure your online account with a passkey

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/resources-business-and-government/essential-cybersecurity/small-business-cybersecurity/small-business-cloud-security-guides/small-business-google-chromebook-and-chromeos-security-guide

Small Business Google Chromebook and ChromeOS 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 & medium businesses
Organisations & Critical Infrastructure
/resources-business-and-government/essential-cybersecurity/ism/cybersecurity-guidelines/guidelines-gateways

Guidelines for gateways   Advice

Jul 3, 2025 - This chapter of the Information security manual (ISM) provides guidance on gateways.

Organisations & Critical Infrastructure
Government
/about-us/view-all-content/news-and-media/secure-design-foundations

Secure-by-Design Foundations   News

Jul 31, 2024 - The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD's ACSC) has released updated guidance to help technology manufacturers and those who use their digital product or service to adopt secure-by-design principles.

Small & medium businesses
Organisations & Critical Infrastructure
Government
/about-us/view-all-content/reports-and-statistics/acsc-annual-cyber-threat-report-july-2021-june-2022

ASD's ACSC Annual Cyber Threat Report, July 2021 to June 2022   Reports and statistics

Nov 4, 2022 - The Annual Cyber Threat Report is the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre's (ASD’s ACSC) flagship unclassified publication. The Report provides an overview of key cyberthreats impacting Australia, how the ACSC is responding to the threat environment, and crucial advice for Australian individuals and organisations to protect themselves online.

Organisations & Critical Infrastructure
Government
/learn-basics/explore-basics/passphrases

Set secure passphrases  

Jul 30, 2024 - Where multi-factor authentication is not available, a strong passphrase is your best defence. 

/resources-business-and-government/maintaining-devices-and-systems/critical-infrastructure/principles-operational-technology-cybersecurity

Principles of operational technology cybersecurity   Publication

Oct 2, 2024 - Critical infrastructure organisations provide vital services, including supplying clean water, energy, and transportation, to the public. These organisations rely on operational technology (OT) to control and manage the physical equipment and processes that provide these critical services. As such, the continuity of vital services relies on critical infrastructure organisations ensuring the cybersecurity and safety of their OT.

Small & medium businesses
Organisations & Critical Infrastructure
Government
/about-us/news/asdacsc-urges-victims-to-report-cybercrimes

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.

Individuals & families
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/report-and-recover/how-we-help-during-a-cybersecurity-incident/supporting-australian-organisations-through-cybersecurity-incident

Supporting Australian organisations through a cybersecurity incident   Guidance

Dec 18, 2024 - Malicious cyber activity continues to pose a significant risk to Australia’s security and prosperity. Australian organisations that have been, or may be impacted by a cybersecurity incident, are encouraged to reach out to the Australian Signal’s Directorate (ASD) to seek  technical incident response advice and assistance.

Small & medium businesses
Organisations & Critical Infrastructure
/learn-basics/explore-basics/seniors/educational-pack

Educational pack for seniors   Guidance

Jun 23, 2023 - This educational pack provides engaging content to help seniors learn how to stay cyber secure. Practical steps and topics range from a basic to advanced level.

Individuals & families
/about-us/advisories/covid-19-scam-messages

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.

Individuals & families
Small & medium businesses
/learn-basics/view-resources/quiz-library

Quiz library   Guidance

Test your knowledge about cybersecurity practices and threats through our quizzes.

Individuals & families
Small & medium businesses
/protect-yourself/securing-your-devices/how-secure-your-devices/secure-your-nas-device

Secure your NAS device   Guidance

Nov 29, 2024 - Protect your network-attached storage (NAS) device and the important data it holds with this guide.

Individuals & families
Small & medium businesses
/about-us/view-all-content/reports-and-statistics/asd-cyber-threat-report-july-2022-june-2023

ASD Cyber Threat Report 2022-2023   Reports and statistics

Nov 14, 2023 - The ASD's Cyber Threat Report is ACSC’s flagship unclassified publication. The Report provides an overview of key cyber threats impacting Australia, how the ACSC is responding to the threat environment, and crucial advice for Australian individuals and organisations to protect themselves online

Individuals & families
Small & medium businesses
Organisations & Critical Infrastructure
Government
/resources-business-and-government/maintaining-devices-and-systems/system-hardening-and-administration/gateway-hardening/gateway-security-guidance-package-gateway-security-principles

Gateway security guidance package: Gateway security principles   Publication

Jul 29, 2022 - Guidance written for audiences responsible for the procurement, operation and management of gateways.

Government
/about-us/view-all-content/news-and-media/bulletproof-hosting-providers-are-not-so-bulletproof

"Bulletproof" hosting providers are not so bulletproof   News

Jan 22, 2025 - Many cybercriminals rely on Bulletproof Hosting (BPH) providers to carry out their unlawful activities. Read our new publication to find out more about the role that BPH providers play in the cybercrime ecosystem.

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