❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice seeks information on cybersecurity spending, incidents, and data breaches within the Seniors and Ageing; Volunteering; Sport and Recreation portfolio. The response refers to a previous question for spending details and reports no detected instances of illegal file access.
AnsweredQoN 556Legislative Assembly
Asked
25 May 2017
Member
Portfolio
Seniors and Ageing; Volunteering; Sport and Recreation
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 Seniors and Ageing; Volunteering; Sport and Recreation
Response time
7 days
Department of Sport and Recreation
(a) Please refer to clause a) of Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 549
(b) Reported instances
(c) No detected instances
i-iii. Not applicable
Department of Local Government and Communities
(a) Please refer to clause a) of Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 549
(b) Reported instances
(c) No detected instances
i-iii. Not applicable
(a) Please refer to clause a) of Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 549
(b) Reported instances
(c) No detected instances
i-iii. Not applicable
Department of Local Government and Communities
(a) Please refer to clause a) of Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 549
(b) Reported instances
(c) No detected instances
i-iii. Not applicable
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