❓ WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding cybersecurity spending and incidents within the Education and Training portfolio. Reveals varying levels of security incidents across different departments and TAFEs.
AnsweredQoN 563Legislative Assembly
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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?
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Answered
27 June 2017
Responded by
Minister representing the Minister for Education and Training
Response time
7 days
a) Please refer to clause (a) of Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 549.
Department of Education b) (i) No A) N/A. (ii) No A) N/A iii) The Department’s external network defences at times report port scanning and intrusion attempts from a range of external, mainly internationally located unknown sources. No reported attempts were successful. A) N/A B) No. Insufficient identifying information was able to be gathered from the external sources. iv) No A-B) N/A v) No A) N/A c) No (i-iii) N/A
Country High Schools Hostels Authority b) No i-v) N/A c) No (i-iii) N/A
School Curriculum Standards Authority b) No (i-v) N/A c) No (i-iii) N/A
Department of Education Services b) No (i-v) N/A c) No (i-iii) N/A
Department of Training & Workforce Development b) (i) Yes A) Nil. The Department’s Antivirus and Security systems detected the viruses and removed or quarantined them prior to an infection. (ii) Yes A) Nil. The Department’s Antivirus and Security systems detected the viruses and removed or quarantined them prior to an infection. iii) No A-B) N/A iv) No A-B) N/A v) No A) N/A c) No (i-iii) N/A
North Metropolitan TAFE b) (i) No A) N/A (ii) Yes A) One desktop computer, downtime of two hours. (iii) No A-B) N/A iv) No A-B N/A (v) No A) N/A c) No (i-iii) N/A
South Metropolitan TAFE b) (i) No A) N/A (ii) No A) N/A (iii) No A-B) N/A iv) No A-B) N/A (v) No A N/A c) No (i-iii) N/A
South Regional TAFE b) (i) Yes A) Nil. South Regional TAFE’s Antivirus and Security systems detected the viruses and removed or quarantined them prior to an infection. (ii) Yes A) Nil. South Regional TAFE’s Antivirus and Security systems detected the viruses and removed or quarantined them prior to an infection. (iii) No A-B) N/A iv) No A-B) N/A (v) No A N/A c) No (i-iii) N/A
North Regional TAFE b) (i) No A) N/A (ii) No A) N/A (iii) No A-B) N/A iv) No A-B) N/A (v) No A N/A c) No (i-iii) N/A
Central TAFE b) (i) No A) N/A (ii) No A) N/A (iii) No A-B) N/A iv) No A-B) N/A (v) No A) N/A c) No (i-iii) N/A
Building Construction Industry Training Fund b) No (i-v) N/A c) No (i-iii) N/A
Department of Education b) (i) No A) N/A. (ii) No A) N/A iii) The Department’s external network defences at times report port scanning and intrusion attempts from a range of external, mainly internationally located unknown sources. No reported attempts were successful. A) N/A B) No. Insufficient identifying information was able to be gathered from the external sources. iv) No A-B) N/A v) No A) N/A c) No (i-iii) N/A
Country High Schools Hostels Authority b) No i-v) N/A c) No (i-iii) N/A
School Curriculum Standards Authority b) No (i-v) N/A c) No (i-iii) N/A
Department of Education Services b) No (i-v) N/A c) No (i-iii) N/A
Department of Training & Workforce Development b) (i) Yes A) Nil. The Department’s Antivirus and Security systems detected the viruses and removed or quarantined them prior to an infection. (ii) Yes A) Nil. The Department’s Antivirus and Security systems detected the viruses and removed or quarantined them prior to an infection. iii) No A-B) N/A iv) No A-B) N/A v) No A) N/A c) No (i-iii) N/A
North Metropolitan TAFE b) (i) No A) N/A (ii) Yes A) One desktop computer, downtime of two hours. (iii) No A-B) N/A iv) No A-B N/A (v) No A) N/A c) No (i-iii) N/A
South Metropolitan TAFE b) (i) No A) N/A (ii) No A) N/A (iii) No A-B) N/A iv) No A-B) N/A (v) No A N/A c) No (i-iii) N/A
South Regional TAFE b) (i) Yes A) Nil. South Regional TAFE’s Antivirus and Security systems detected the viruses and removed or quarantined them prior to an infection. (ii) Yes A) Nil. South Regional TAFE’s Antivirus and Security systems detected the viruses and removed or quarantined them prior to an infection. (iii) No A-B) N/A iv) No A-B) N/A (v) No A N/A c) No (i-iii) N/A
North Regional TAFE b) (i) No A) N/A (ii) No A) N/A (iii) No A-B) N/A iv) No A-B) N/A (v) No A N/A c) No (i-iii) N/A
Central TAFE b) (i) No A) N/A (ii) No A) N/A (iii) No A-B) N/A iv) No A-B) N/A (v) No A) N/A c) No (i-iii) N/A
Building Construction Industry Training Fund b) No (i-v) N/A c) No (i-iii) N/A
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