❓ Hon Steve Martin asks the Department of Communities about its cyber risk profile, assessment dates, and instances of high-risk ratings in the past two years. The Department declines to answer, citing security concerns related to public disclosure.
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I refer to cyber risk profiles, and I ask: (a) what is the Department of Communities' current cyber risk profile; (b) when was the result in (a) most recently assessed; (c) has the Department, either before or after the machinery of government changes, received a "high", "very high", or similar within the last two years; and (d) if yes to (c), for each instance, when?
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Answered
21 October 2025
Responded by
Minister for Community Services
Response time
5 days
(a) – (d) The Department of Communities manages cyber risks in accordance with the WA Government Cyber Security Policy.
Publicly disclosing agency cyber security risk profiles can increase the risk of vulnerability to malicious threat actors and attacks. Providing the information requested in a public domain poses a high risk to the confidentiality and integrity of the department’s information system.
Publicly disclosing agency cyber security risk profiles can increase the risk of vulnerability to malicious threat actors and attacks. Providing the information requested in a public domain poses a high risk to the confidentiality and integrity of the department’s information system.
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