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❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice seeks information on cybersecurity spending and incidents across various government departments and agencies. The response indicates no significant breaches or downtime, with cybersecurity measures effectively preventing major issues.

AnsweredQoN 554Legislative Assembly

Asked

25 May 2017

Member

Mr Z.R.F. Kirkup

Portfolio

Tourism; Racing and Gaming; Small Business; Defence Issues; Citizenship and Multicultural Interests

QuestionView source ↗

In respect of the Minister’s portfolio responsibilities for departments, agencies or publicly owned corporations: (a) how much money was spent on anti-virus, network security, firewall or anti-malware software in the last financial year; (b) from 17 March 2017 to 19 May 2017, have there been any reported instances of: (i) Viruses: (A) if so, what systems were affected, for how long and was there any downtime (in hours) for each system; (ii) Malware: (A) if so, what systems were affected, for how long and was there any downtime (in hours) for each system; (iii) Cyber-attack: (A) if so, what systems were affected, for how long and was there any downtime (in hours) for each system; and (B) was this attack reported to the WA or Australian Federal Police? If not, why not; (iv) DNS attack: (A) if so, what systems or websites were affected, for how long and was there any downtime (in hours) for each system; and (B) was this attack reported to the WA or Australian Federal Police? If not, why not; (v) Infected websites: (A) if so, what websites were infected / hacked, for how long and was there any downtime (in hours) for each system; (c) From 17 March 2017 to 19 May 2017 have any network files been illegally accessed by external individuals or organisations: (i) if so, what files were illegally accessed and when; (ii) if so, were the WA Police or Australian Federal Police informed of this illegal access; and (iii) if not, why not?

AnswerView source ↗

Answered

27 June 2017

Responded by

Minister for Tourism; Racing and Gaming; Small Business; Defence Issues; Citizenship and Multicultural Interests

Response time

7 days

Tourism WA
(a) Please refer to clause a) of Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 549.
(b) (i - v) 5
(A)-(B) Cyber-attacks were automatically detected and cleaned. As a result no systems were affected and there was no downtime.
(c) No
(i -iii) Not applicable
Racing and Gaming Portfolio
Burswood Park Board
(a) Please refer to clause a) of Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 549.
(b) (i-v) No (c) No
(i-iii) Not applicable.
Department of Racing, Gaming and Liquor
(a) Please refer to clause a) of Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 549.
(b) (i-v) No (c) No
(i-iii) Not applicable.
Racing and Wagering Western Australia
(a) Please refer to clause a) of Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 549.
(b) (i-v) No (c) No
(i-iii) Not applicable.
Western Australian Greyhound Racing Association
(a) Please refer to clause a) of Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 549.
(b) (i-v) No (c) No
(i-iii) Not applicable.
Small Business Portfolio
Small Business Development Corporation
(a) Please refer to clause a) of Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 549.
(b) (i-v) No (c) No
(i-iii) Not applicable.
Defence Issues Portfolio
Defence West (as part of the Department of Commerce)
(a) Please refer to clause a) of Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 549.
(b) (i-v) No (c) No (i-iii) Not applicable.
Citizenship and Multicultural Interests Portfolio
Office of Multicultural Interests (as part of the Department of Local Government and Communities)

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