❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice requested information on cybersecurity incidents and spending within the Environment and Disability Services portfolios. The response indicates a few minor virus detections, but no major incidents or data breaches.
AnsweredQoN 562Legislative 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?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
28 June 2017
Responded by
Minister representing the Minister for Environment; Disability Services
Response time
8 days
(a) Please refer to clause a) of Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 549.
Zoological Parks Authority
(b) (i) – (v) No
(A) – (B) Not applicable
(c) No
(i) – (iii) Not applicable
Office of the Appeals Convenor
The Department of Environment Regulation (DER) provides corporate support to the Office
of the Appeals Convenor, which includes IT administration and support. Please refer to DER's response.
Department of Parks and Wildlife and Department of Environment Regulation
(b)(i)(A) Yes. Two virus instances were reported and successfully cleaned by the Department’s security system without any downtime.
(b)(ii)(A) Yes. Two virus instances were reported and successfully cleaned by the Department’s security system without any downtime.
(iii)(A)-(B) No
(iv)(A)-(B) No
(v)(A) No
(c)(i)-(iii) No
Office of the Environmental Protection Authority
(b) (i) – (v) No
(A) – (B) Not applicable
(c) No
(i) – (iii) Not applicable
Disability Services Commission
(b) (i) – (v) No
(A) – (B) Not applicable
(c) No
(i) – (iii) Not applicable
Botanic Parks and Gardens Authority
(b)(i)(A) Yes. Two desktop computers were affected in separate instances. There was no effective downtime.
(b)(ii)(A) No
(iii)(A)-(B) No
(iv)(A)-(B) No
(v)(A) No
(c)(i)-(iii) No
Zoological Parks Authority
(b) (i) – (v) No
(A) – (B) Not applicable
(c) No
(i) – (iii) Not applicable
Office of the Appeals Convenor
The Department of Environment Regulation (DER) provides corporate support to the Office
of the Appeals Convenor, which includes IT administration and support. Please refer to DER's response.
Department of Parks and Wildlife and Department of Environment Regulation
(b)(i)(A) Yes. Two virus instances were reported and successfully cleaned by the Department’s security system without any downtime.
(b)(ii)(A) Yes. Two virus instances were reported and successfully cleaned by the Department’s security system without any downtime.
(iii)(A)-(B) No
(iv)(A)-(B) No
(v)(A) No
(c)(i)-(iii) No
Office of the Environmental Protection Authority
(b) (i) – (v) No
(A) – (B) Not applicable
(c) No
(i) – (iii) Not applicable
Disability Services Commission
(b) (i) – (v) No
(A) – (B) Not applicable
(c) No
(i) – (iii) Not applicable
Botanic Parks and Gardens Authority
(b)(i)(A) Yes. Two desktop computers were affected in separate instances. There was no effective downtime.
(b)(ii)(A) No
(iii)(A)-(B) No
(iv)(A)-(B) No
(v)(A) No
(c)(i)-(iii) No
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