“Persistent optimism bias” in cybersecurity reporting by Commonwealth entities is muddying government oversight of the issues, with a parliamentary committee now calling for self-assessments to be subject to an external assurance process. A Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit report, released on Thursday afternoon, called on the government to consider implementing “an assurance regime…

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