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By Justin Hendry on Jun 10, 2021 6:45AM Only one agency hits Essential Eight baseline. Only one of the 18 largest departments and agencies across government recently examined by the national auditor has fully implemented the 'Essential Eight' cyber security controls. The remaining 17 agencies reported either ‘ad-hoc’ or ‘developing’ levels of maturity with the controls – the lowest possible score under the metric – or incorrectly self-assessed as having a ‘managing’ maturity level. The Essential Eight is a series of baseline cyber sec...

As ABC reports more than doubling of 'operational' security spending.

  On May 7, a pipeline system carrying almost half the fuel used on the east coast of the United States was crippled by a major cyber attack. The

Cyber attacks can shut down critical infrastructure. Standing idly by with weak security measures is no longer an option.

We have seen how critical supply chain infrastructure can be severely disrupted as collateral damage. We must consider how severe the fallout might be from a direct attack.