❓ Hon. Tjorn Sibma asked about cybersecurity incidents reported by WA government agencies. The Minister responded that 10,232 incidents were reported between January 1 and June 16, 2023, and provided a table outlining the nature of these incidents.
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QuestionView source ↗
CYBERSECURITY —
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
667. Hon TJORN SIBMA to the Minister for Innovation and the
Digital Economy:
I refer to cybersecurity across the
Western Australian public sector network.
(1) How many
cybersecurity incidents have been reported to the Office of Digital Government
by affected agencies this year?
(2) What was the nature of these
incidents?
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
667. Hon TJORN SIBMA to the Minister for Innovation and the
Digital Economy:
I refer to cybersecurity across the
Western Australian public sector network.
(1) How many
cybersecurity incidents have been reported to the Office of Digital Government
by affected agencies this year?
(2) What was the nature of these
incidents?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1) From 1 January 2023 to 16 June 2023, 10 232
incidents were reported to the Office of Digital Government's cyber security operations centre.
(2) The answer to (2) is in tabular form. I seek leave to
have it incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
Discovery
Techniques used to gain knowledge about systems and
internal networks.
Command
and Control
Techniques to communicate with systems under an
adversary's control within a victim's network.
Initial
Access
Techniques that use various entry vectors to gain an
initial foothold within a network.
Credential
Access
Techniques used for stealing credentials.
Exfiltration
Techniques used to steal data from your network.
PreAttack/Resource
Development
Techniques that involve adversaries creating,
purchasing, or compromising/stealing resources that can be used to support
targeting.
Impact
Techniques used to disrupt availability or compromise
integrity of a network.
Defence
Evasion
Techniques that adversaries use to avoid detection.
Collection
Techniques adversaries use to gather information.
Execution
Techniques that result in adversary-controlled code
running on a local or remote system.
Lateral
Movement
Techniques used to enter and control remote systems
on a network.
Persistence
Techniques that adversaries use to keep access to
systems across restarts, changed credentials, and other interruptions that
could cut off their access.
Reconnaissance
Techniques used to actively or passively gather
information that can be used to support targeting.
some notice of the question.
(1) From 1 January 2023 to 16 June 2023, 10 232
incidents were reported to the Office of Digital Government's cyber security operations centre.
(2) The answer to (2) is in tabular form. I seek leave to
have it incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
Discovery
Techniques used to gain knowledge about systems and
internal networks.
Command
and Control
Techniques to communicate with systems under an
adversary's control within a victim's network.
Initial
Access
Techniques that use various entry vectors to gain an
initial foothold within a network.
Credential
Access
Techniques used for stealing credentials.
Exfiltration
Techniques used to steal data from your network.
PreAttack/Resource
Development
Techniques that involve adversaries creating,
purchasing, or compromising/stealing resources that can be used to support
targeting.
Impact
Techniques used to disrupt availability or compromise
integrity of a network.
Defence
Evasion
Techniques that adversaries use to avoid detection.
Collection
Techniques adversaries use to gather information.
Execution
Techniques that result in adversary-controlled code
running on a local or remote system.
Lateral
Movement
Techniques used to enter and control remote systems
on a network.
Persistence
Techniques that adversaries use to keep access to
systems across restarts, changed credentials, and other interruptions that
could cut off their access.
Reconnaissance
Techniques used to actively or passively gather
information that can be used to support targeting.
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