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Governance  

May 16, 2024 - This page lists publications on governance strategies that can be applied to improve cybersecurity within organisations.

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Organisations & Critical Infrastructure
Government
/resources-business-and-government/maintaining-devices-and-systems/cloud-security-guidance/cloud-computing-security-tenants

Cloud computing security for tenants   Publication

Jan 18, 2024 - This publication is designed to assist an organisation’s cybersecurity team, cloud architects and business representatives to jointly perform a risk assessment and use cloud services securely.

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/about-us/view-all-content/alerts-and-advisories/badbazaar-and-moonshine-spyware-targeting-uyghur-taiwanese-and-tibetan-groups-and-civil-society-actors

BADBAZAAR and MOONSHINE: Spyware targeting Uyghur, Taiwanese and Tibetan groups and civil society actors   Advisory

Apr 9, 2025 - This advisory is jointly produced by government agencies from the UK, Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, and the US and is supported by members of the NCSC’s Cyber League. Its purpose is to raise awareness about the growing threat that malicious cyber actors pose to individuals connected to topics including Taiwan, Tibet, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, democracy movements and the Falun Gong.

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/about-us/view-all-content/alerts-and-advisories/stopransomware-lockbit-3.0-ransomware-affiliates-exploit-cve-2023-4966-citrix-bleed-vulnerability

#StopRansomware: LockBit 3.0 Ransomware Affiliates Exploit CVE 2023-4966 Citrix Bleed Vulnerability   Advisory

Nov 29, 2023 - 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.

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/resources-business-and-government/essential-cybersecurity/small-business-cybersecurity/small-business-cloud-security-guide/small-business-cloud-security-guides-executive-overview

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 cybersecurity incidents while remaining accessible to organisations which may not have the resources and expertise to implement a more sophisticated strategy.

Small & medium businesses
/resources-business-and-government/maintaining-devices-and-systems/cloud-security-guidance/cloud-computing-security-cloud-service-providers

Cloud computing security for cloud service providers   Publication

Jan 18, 2024 - This publication is designed to assist cloud service providers (CSPs) in offering secure cloud services. It can also assist assessors in validating the security posture of a cloud service, which is often verified through an Infosec Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) assessment of the CSP services.

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/resources-business-and-government/maintaining-devices-and-systems/system-hardening-and-administration/system-administration/secure-administration

Secure administration   Publication

Oct 6, 2021 - Privileged access allows administrators to perform their duties, and is often seen as the ‘keys to the kingdom’. This publication provides guidance on how to implement secure administration techniques as part of the management of privileged access.

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/resources-business-and-government/essential-cybersecurity/ism/cybersecurity-guidelines/guidelines-networking

Guidelines for networking   Advice

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

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/about-us/view-all-content/alerts-and-advisories/iranian-cyber-actors-brute-force-and-credential-access-activity-compromises-critical-infrastructure

Iranian cyber actors’ brute force and credential access activity compromises critical infrastructure   Advisory

Oct 17, 2024 - The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the National Security Agency (NSA) are releasing this joint Cybersecurity Advisory to warn network defenders on Iranian cyber actors’ compromising, frequently using brute force attacks, organizations across multiple critical infrastructure sectors, including the healthcare and public health (HPH), government, information technology, engineering, and energy sectors. The actors likely aim to obtain credentials and information describing the victim’s network that can then be sold to enable access to cybercriminals.

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/about-us/view-all-content/news-and-media/australian-signals-directorate-releases-the-annual-cyber-threat-report-2023-24

Australian Signals Directorate releases the annual Cyber Threat Report for 2023–24   News

Nov 20, 2024 - ASD’s 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.

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/about-us/alerts/summary-tradecraft-trends-2019-20

Summary of Tradecraft Trends for 2019-20   Alert

May 20, 2020 - The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) investigated and responded to numerous cyber security incidents during 2019 and 2020 so far.

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/about-us/view-all-content/news-and-media/november-2023-essential-eight-maturity-model-update

Essential Eight Maturity Model Update   News

Nov 27, 2023 - The Australian Signals Directorate has updated the Essential Eight Maturity Model (E8MM).

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/about-us/news/joint-cybersecurity-secure-by-design-guide

Joint Cybersecurity Guide to increase cyber security of products globally   News

Apr 14, 2023 - This guide provides a roadmap for technology manufacturers to ensure security of their products.

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/about-us/view-all-content/news-and-media/safeguard-your-business-cyber-threats-australian-signals-directorate

Safeguard your business from cyber threats with the Australian Signals Directorate    News

May 13, 2024 - Australian business owners and organisations can access advice from the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) to stay secure online.

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/resources-business-and-government/governance-and-user-education/secure-by-design/case-memory-safe-roadmaps

The Case for Memory Safe Roadmaps   Publication

Dec 7, 2023 - This guidance provides manufacturers with steps to create memory safe roadmaps and implement changes to eliminate memory safety vulnerabilities from their products.

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/about-us/view-all-content/news-and-media/case-for-memory-safe-roadmaps

The Case for Memory Safe Roadmaps – Joint Cyber Security Guide   News

Dec 7, 2023 - In partnership with our international partners we released a joint cyber security guidance on Secure-by-Design memory safe roadmaps.

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/resources-business-and-government/assessment-and-evaluation-programs/essential-eight-assessment-course

Essential Eight Assessment Course   Program page

Jul 3, 2023 - The Essential Eight Assessment Course will help you understand the intent and application of the Essential Eight, learn to use ASD designed tools, and accurately test the implementation of the Essential Eight.

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/about-us/view-all-content/news-and-media/cyber-security-charities-and-not-for-profit-organisations

Cyber security for charities and not-for-profit organisations   News

Mar 18, 2024 - With cyber-attacks continuing to increase in frequency and severity across all sectors, the Australian Signals Directorate is encouraging charities and not-for-profit organisations to take action to protect their online systems.

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/about-us/view-all-content/news-and-media/new-secure-design-publication-about-memory-safety-released

New Secure-by-Design publication about memory safety released    News

Jun 27, 2024 - Today, we jointly released a new Secure-by-Design publication, Exploring Memory Safety in Critical Open Source Projects, co-authored by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS).

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/about-us/news/prc-state-sponsored-cyber-actor-living-off-the-land-to-evade-detection

People's Republic of China State-Sponsored Cyber Actor Living off the Land to Evade Detection joint cybersecurity advisory   News

May 25, 2023 - Today we released a joint advisory with international partners on a recently discovered cluster of activity associated with a People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-sponsored cyber actor.

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/protect-yourself/securing-your-devices/how-update-your-device-and-software

How to update your device and software   Guidance

Jul 30, 2024 - Cybercriminals are always looking for easy paths to get onto your device. Updating your device and software is the easiest way reduce the risk of being a victim of cybercrime.

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/threats/types-threats/ransomware

Ransomware   Threat

Read through the following case studies and learn from other Australians about how ransomware has affected them.

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/resources-business-and-government/governance-and-user-education/artificial-intelligence

Artificial intelligence  

Apr 12, 2024 - This page lists publications on the governance and use of artificial intelligence.

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/about-us/view-all-content/alerts-and-advisories/stopransomware-play-ransomware

#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.

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/resources-business-and-government/maintaining-devices-and-systems/system-hardening-and-administration/system-monitoring/implementing-siem-and-soar-platforms/priority-logs-for-siem-ingestion-practitioner-guidance

Priority logs for SIEM ingestion: Practitioner guidance   Publication

May 27, 2025 - This document is again intended for cyber security practitioners and provides detailed, technical guidance on the logs that should be prioritised for SIEM ingestion. It covers log sources including Endpoint Detection and Response tools, Windows/Linux operating systems, and Cloud and Network Devices.

Organisations & Critical Infrastructure
Government
/about-us/alerts/critical-vulnerability-certain-hikvision-products-ip-cameras

Critical vulnerability in certain Hikvision products, IP cameras   Alert

Sep 22, 2021 - A critical vulnerability exists in Hikvision products, including IP cameras, which could allow a cyber actor to take full control of the device. Affected Australian customers should apply an appropriate firmware update provided by Hikvision.

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/about-us/news/health-sector-snapshot

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.

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/about-us/view-all-content/alerts-and-advisories/exploitation-unitronics-programmable-logic-controllers-plcs

Exploitation of Unitronics Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs)   Alert

Dec 5, 2023 - The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD's ACSC) is concerned about global exploitation of Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) and is aware of reports of compromise of these devices in Australia. These devices are present in a number of critical sectors such as water, energy, fuel and healthcare.

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/resources-business-and-government/maintaining-devices-and-systems/system-hardening-and-administration/network-hardening/defending-against-malicious-use-tor-network

Defending against the malicious use of the Tor network   Publication

Oct 6, 2021 - The Tor network is a system that conceals a user’s IP address. It allows anonymous – and often malicious – communication. This guidance shares advice on how to detect and prevent traffic from the Tor network.

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/protect-yourself/securing-your-devices/how-secure-your-devices/secure-your-microsoft-windows-device

Secure your Microsoft Windows device   Guidance

Nov 29, 2024 - Your Microsoft Windows device often holds your most important data. Use these simple steps to protect your device from cyberattacks.

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