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Types of scams   Guidance

Learn about the common types of scams, how to identify them and how to recover from them.

Secure your user account   Guidance

Jan 24, 2024 - A user account is the account you use to sign in on your computer at home, school or work. Cybercriminals will target unsecure accounts and take advantage of poor security habits within the home and businesses. Their goal is to get access to your computer and steal your information. There are many ways to improve your account security, keep your accounts safe and avoid being the victim of a cyberattack.

Essential Eight assessment process guide   Publication

Oct 2, 2024 - This publication provides advice on how to assess the implementation of the Essential Eight.

Protect yourself from ransomware   Guidance

Feb 12, 2025 - A ransomware attack could block you from accessing your device or the information on it. Take some time to consider how a ransomware attack might affect you.

Managing the risks of legacy IT: Practitioner guidance   Publication

Jun 12, 2024 - This publication provides guidance for practitioners on managing the risks posed by legacy IT and outlines low-cost mitigations that organisations can draw upon.

Preventing business email compromise   Guidance

Apr 11, 2023 - There are many easy steps and actions you can take now to protect your business. Learn about the simple, cost-effective and immediately beneficial protective measures you can implement.

Email hardening  

Apr 11, 2023 - This page lists publications on the hardening of message exchange via electronic mail.

Learn the basics  

Aug 30, 2023 - Interactive tools and advice to boost your cybersecurity when online.

Detecting and mitigating Active Directory compromises   Publication

Jan 22, 2025 - This publication provides an overview of techniques used to compromise Active Directory, and recommended strategies to mitigate these techniques. By implementing the recommendations in this publication, organisations can significantly improve their Active Directory security, and therefore their overall network security posture.

Business resources  

Apr 11, 2023 - Protecting your business from cybercriminals is vital in keeping your people and systems secure. Learn how to protect your business from cyberthreats.

Protect yourself: Multi-factor authentication   Guidance

Oct 14, 2022 - Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is when you use two or more different types of actions to verify your identity.

Small Business Cloud Security Guides: Technical Example - Restrict Administrative Privileges   Publication

Dec 16, 2022 - Privileged account credentials are prized by cybercriminals because they provide extensive access to high value assets within a network. Restricting privileged access to only users with a demonstrated business need is essential to protecting your environment.

Cryptomining   Threat

Jun 23, 2020 - Cryptocurrency mining (cryptomining) uses the processing power of computers to solve complex mathematical problems and verify cybercurrency transactions. The miners are then rewarded with a small amount of cybercurrency.

Australian Information Security Evaluation Program (AISEP)   Program page

Mar 5, 2025 - The Australian Information Security Evaluation Program (AISEP) evaluates and certifies products to provide a level of assurance in its security functionality in order to protect systems and data against cyberthreats. These evaluation activities are certified by the Australian Certification Authority (ACA).

How to dispose of your device securely   Guidance

May 18, 2022 - You should consider that any devices you dispose of could be accessed by strangers.

Security configuration guide: Apple iOS 14 devices   Publication

Oct 6, 2021 - ASD has developed this guide to assist Australians to understand risks when deploying iOS 14 devices and the security requirements that need to be met to allow them to handle classified data.

Infamous Chisel   Advisory

Aug 31, 2023 - Malware Analysis Report.
A collection of components designed to enable remote access and exfiltrate information from Android phones.

Secure by Design  

Jul 22, 2024 - Secure by Design is a proactive, security-focused approach to the development of digital products and services that necessitates a strategic alignment of an organisation’s cybersecurity goals. Secure by Design requires cyberthreats to be considered from the outset to enable mitigations through thoughtful design, architecture and security measures. Its core value is to protect consumer privacy and data through designing, building, and delivering products with fewer vulnerabilities.

Secure your Wi-Fi and router   Guidance

Oct 29, 2024 - How to make your software, devices and networks harder to access and more resilient to attack.

Protect yourself from scams  

Feb 3, 2025 - Protect your accounts by recognising and reporting scams.

Security tips for travelling   Guidance

Jul 29, 2024 - Learn how to stay secure while travelling with personal devices.

Identity theft   Threat

Nov 14, 2024 - Learn about how identity theft can affect you and how to keep your personal information secure.

Windows event logging and forwarding   Publication

Oct 6, 2021 - This publication has been developed as a guide to the setup and configuration of Microsoft Windows event logging and forwarding.

How to back up your files and devices   Guidance

Nov 12, 2024 - Important data such as your photos, documents and financial records can be lost in an instant, so back it up regularly before it's too late.

Implementing certificates, TLS, HTTPS and opportunistic TLS   Publication

Oct 6, 2021 - Transport Layer Security (TLS) is a widely used encryption protocol which enables parties to communicate securely over the internet. Through the use of certificates and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), parties can identify each other through a trusted intermediary and establish encrypted tunnels for the secure transfer of information.

Quiz library   Guidance

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

How to protect yourself from malware   Guidance

Nov 10, 2023 - Malware (short for 'malicious software') is software that cybercriminals use to harm your computer system or network. Cybercriminals can use malware to gain access to your computer without you knowing, in targeted or broad-based attacks.

Secure your NAS device   Guidance

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

Secure your Apple macOS device   Guidance

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

Essential Eight maturity model and ISM mapping   Publication

Oct 2, 2024 - This publication provides a mapping between the Essential Eight and the controls within the Information security manual (ISM).