It Seems The #myHealthRecord And The Parliamentary Network Have a Similar And Hard To Fix Vulnerability.

This appeared a few days ago.MPs make security hard, says the Department of Parliamentary ServicesDPS says “variety of software and services utilised by parliamentarians” makes it hard to implement ASD’s ‘Essential Eight’Rohan Pearce (Computerworld) 15 March, 2019 12:19 The variety of applications and services employed by MPs and their staff present a security challenge that is probably unique across the federal public sector, according to the Department of Parliamentary Services. In a letter to a parliamentary committee scrutinising the cyber resilience of a number of Commonwealth entities, the department’s secretary, Rob Stefanic, said that DPS has faced limitations on its ability to implement the Australian Signals Directorate’s ‘Essential Eight’ security strategies. The ASD in late 2017 unveiled the Essential Eight, building on the mandatory ‘Top 4’ mitigation strategies that the organisation says could prevent the overwhelming majority of security incidents it respo nds to. The... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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