You can search for keywords to find pages that can help you e.g. scam
Contact us
Portal login
back to main menu
Learn about who we are and what we do.
Interactive tools and advice to boost your online safety.
Advice and information about how to protect yourself online.
Common online security risks and advice on what you can do to protect yourself.
Respond to cyber threats and take steps to protect yourself from further harm.
Resources for business and government agencies on cyber security.
Displaying search results for Displaying 121 - 150 of 661 results.
New Secure by Demand guidance available for operational technology owners and operators News
Jan 14, 2025 - To protect your systems from threat actors targeting your operational technology components, select products from manufacturers who are Secure-by-Design. Find out which security elements to prioritise.
Implementing SIEM and SOAR platforms: Executive guidance Publication
May 27, 2025 - This publication is one of three in a suite of guidance on SIEM and SOAR platforms. It is primarily intended for executives but can be used by any organisation that is considering whether and how to implement a SIEM and/or SOAR.
Iranian Government-Sponsored APT Cyber Actors Exploiting Microsoft Exchange and Fortinet Vulnerabilities in Furtherance of Malicious Activities Advisory
Nov 22, 2021 - Iranian government-sponsored APT actors are actively targeting a broad range of victims across multiple U.S. critical infrastructure sectors, including the Transportation Sector and the Healthcare and Public Health Sector, as well as Australian organisations.
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.
Australian Signals Directorate’s Cyber Security Partnership Program Program page
The Australian Signals Directorate's Australian Cyber Security Partnership Program enables Australian organisations and individuals to engage with the ASD's ACSC and fellow partners, drawing on collective understanding, experience, skills and capability to lift cyber resilience across the Australian economy.
2021 Top Malware Strains Advisory
Aug 5, 2022 - This joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) was coauthored by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC).
BADBAZAAR and MOONSHINE: Technical analysis and mitigations Advisory
Apr 9, 2025 - This guidance has been jointly produced by government agencies from the UK, Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, and the US and is supported by members of the NCSC Cyber League. Its provides new and collated threat intelligence on two spywares known as MOONSHINE and BADBAZAAR with guidance for how App store operators, developers and social media companies can keep their users safe.
Cyber supply chains
Dec 3, 2020 - This page lists publications on cyber supply chain risk management.
Mitigation strategies for edge devices: Executive guidance Publication
Feb 4, 2025 - This publication provides a high-level summary of ASD’s existing guidance to manage and secure edge devices effectively. It is intended for executives in large organisations and critical infrastructure providers that are responsible for the deployment, operation, security, and maintenance of enterprise networks. ASD is soon to release a comprehensive technical publication on mitigation strategies for edge devices for practitioners.
Report and recover
New guidance for engaging with artificial intelligence News
Jan 24, 2024 - The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) has released a new publication, Engaging with Artificial Intelligence (AI).
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.
Advisory 2020-004: Remote code execution vulnerability being actively exploited in vulnerable versions of Telerik UI by sophisticated actors Advisory
May 22, 2020 - This advisory is focused around the targeting of CVE-2019-18935 but has significant overlap to the previously released ACSC 2019-126 advisory.
Fundamentals of Cross Domain Solutions Publication
Oct 6, 2021 - This publication introduces technical and non-technical audiences to cross domain security principles for securely connecting security domains.
Network hardening
Apr 11, 2023 - This page lists publications on the hardening of network infrastructure.
National cyber security exercises for Australia’s electricity industry News
Apr 30, 2020 - In November 2019, the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) coordinated a national cyber security exercise series in partnership with Australia’s electricity industry and government agencies.
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.
Artificial intelligence
Apr 12, 2024 - This page lists publications on the governance and use of artificial intelligence.
Strategies to mitigate cybersecurity incidents: Mitigation details Publication
Feb 1, 2017 - The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) has developed prioritised mitigation strategies to help cybersecurity professionals in all 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.
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.
Domain Name System security for domain resolvers Publication
Oct 6, 2021 - This publication explores DNS security for recursive resolution servers. It also shares helpful strategies to reduce the risk of DNS resolver subversion or compromise.
Report a vulnerability Service
Report vulnerabilities that are not publicly known, through the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre's (ASD’s ACSC) coordinated vulnerability disclosure service.
Cloud computing security for executives Publication
Jan 18, 2024 - This publication is designed to provide executives from organisations looking to utilise cloud computing services an overview of the components that make up ‘cloud’ and help understand the security risks to be considered when using cloud computing.
Australian Signals Directorate unveils new facility News
Mar 23, 2022 - The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) has unveiled a new world-class cyber and foreign intelligence facility, as the agency prepares to mark 75 years defending Australia from global threats.
Cyber Security for Operational Technology News
Oct 2, 2024 - The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD's ACSC) has released new guidance to help critical infrastructure protect their systems and online supply chains.
Advice for Malicious Cyber Activity by Iran News
Sep 15, 2022 - Australian organisations are urged to be alert to continued malicious cyber activity conducted by Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actors, assessed to be affiliated with the Iranian Government’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
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.
Secure by Design foundations Publication
Jul 30, 2024 - ASD’s ACSC's Secure by Design foundations represent a first step in a new approach to assist technology manufacturers and customers to adopt Secure by Design. While the foundations are primarily designed to foster discussion within technology manufacturers on how to best approach Secure by Design, they contain relevant information and actions for technology customers.
Domain Name System security for domain owners Publication
Oct 6, 2021 - This publication provides information on DNS security for domain owners. It also shared helpful strategies to reduce the risk of domain misuse.
Introduction to Cross Domain Solutions Publication
Oct 6, 2021 - This publication introduces technical and non-technical audiences to the concept of a Cross Domain Solution (CDS), a type of security capability that is used to connect discrete systems within separate security domains in an assured manner.
