Australia instructs government entities to check for tech exposed to foreign control

Caute_cautim — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 06:02:58 GMT

Hi All

Does your organisation also check for technology exposed to foreign control?

Australia has instructed all of its government entities to take stock of their entire technology estates and identify any assets that could be controlled or manipulated by foreign states.

It comes as the country addresses a growing number of hostile state and financially motivated cyberthreats, with the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) this week also warning that a state-sponsored Chinese hacking group has “repeatedly targeted Australian networks.”

In three new legally-binding instructions published on Monday, the country’s Department of Home Affairs required that all government entities — of which there are more than 1,300, from cabinet departments through to statutory offices — identify Foreign Ownership, Control or Influence (FOCI) risks associated with the technology they’re using.

https://therecord.media/australia-government-agencies-check-technology-foreign-control

Regards

Caute_Cautim

Re: Australia instructs government entities to check for tech exposed to foreign control

denbesten — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 16:39:40 GMT

Seems like one should be on the lookout for any external control. Don't really care if it is a nation-state or an business. Keep your unauthorized hands off my stuff.

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