ASD
Australian Signals Directorate (Australian Cyber Security Centre)
Cyber security guidance and incident response. Publishes the Information Security Manual (ISM), Essential Eight, and Right Fit For Risk requirements for federal subcontractors.
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Obligations enforced
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Enforcement actions tracked
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Scope topics
Obligations enforced by ASD (5)
- criticalCWLTHAdopt Essential Eight Maturity Level 2 (federal subcontractors)
Federal government contractors handling OFFICIAL: Sensitive must meet Right Fit For Risk (RFFR) including E8 ML2.
- criticalCWLTHProtective Security Policy Framework (PSPF)
Federal entities bound by PSPF — governance, information, personnel + physical security.
- criticalCWLTHReport cyber security incidents to ASD (SOCI)
Critical infrastructure asset operators must report critical incidents within 12 hours and other incidents within 72 hours.
- highCWLTHGovernment cyber incident reporting via ASD ACSC
Federal entities + critical infrastructure report cyber incidents to ASD ACSC.
- highCWLTHISO/IEC 27001 ISMS certification — increasingly customer-mandated
Information Security Management System per ISO 27001 increasingly required by customers + government.
Scope topics
Source: regulator's own website. Rules Mate links and summarises — we don't republish full statutory text.