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Australia joins US and UK to warn of 2021 Ransomware trends   News

Feb 10, 2022 - Ransomware continues to be a global threat, and cybercriminals using ransomware pose a significant risk to Australian organisations and households.

Cyber skills framework   Publication

Sep 10, 2020 - The Cyber Skills Framework enables targeted recruitment of cyber specialists, provides a development pathway for current and future cyber staff, and aligns skills, knowledge and attributes with national and international industry standards.

Multi-factor authentication for stronger cyber protection   News

Feb 25, 2021 - Australians are being urged to strengthen proof of identity protections to help stop cybercriminals gaining unauthorised access to online information and accounts.

Vulnerability Affecting BlackBerry QNX RTOS   Alert

Aug 18, 2021 - BlackBerry has disclosed that its QNX Real Time Operating System is affected by a BadAlloc vulnerability - CVE-2021-22156. QNX is the world’s most prevalent real time operating system.

Essential Eight  

Nov 27, 2023 - While no set of mitigation strategies are guaranteed to protect against all cyberthreats, organisations are recommended to implement eight essential mitigation strategies from the Strategies to mitigate cybersecurity incidents  as a baseline. This baseline, known as the Essential Eight, makes it much harder for adversaries to compromise systems.

Best practices for event logging and threat detection   Publication

Aug 22, 2024 - This publication defines a baseline for event logging best practices to mitigate cyber threats.

Vulnerability Affecting BlackBerry QNX RTOS   Advisory

Aug 17, 2021 - The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) is aware of a vulnerability affecting the BlackBerry QNX, the world’s most prevalent real time operating system.

Glossary  

List of glossary terms used on cyber.gov.au website

IRAP resources   Program page

Nov 17, 2025 - IRAP resources

Essential Eight maturity model   Publication

Nov 27, 2023 - This publication provides advice on how to implement the Essential Eight.

Cloud services   Program page

Feb 24, 2023 - The Cloud Services Certification Program (CSCP) ceased on 2 March 2020. The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) ceased the Certified Cloud Services List (CCSL) on 27 July 2020 and concurrently released the Cloud Security Guidance package.

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.

Event logging  

Jun 5, 2025 - This page lists publications on performing effective system monitoring.

Multi-factor authentication   Guidance

Aug 30, 2023 - Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is one of the most effective ways to protect your valuable information and accounts against unauthorised access. 

Report a cyber security incident   Service

If you are reporting fraud or cybercrime, please refer to the ReportCyber – Cybercrime page.

Remote working  

Jul 30, 2024 - This page lists publications on working securely when away from the office environment.

Connecting with others online   

Jul 30, 2024 - It is easier than ever to stay in contact with people online. However, using popular online apps and tools can make you more susceptible to cybercriminals.

Managing cyber supply chains  

Dec 3, 2020 - This page lists publications on cyber supply chain risk management.

Cloud computing  

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

Set secure passphrases  

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