{"id":32336,"date":"2021-02-10T02:01:02","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T02:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationaus.com\/?p=16057"},"modified":"2021-02-10T02:01:02","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T02:01:02","slug":"critical-infrastructure-laws-impact-on-cyber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/02\/10\/critical-infrastructure-laws-impact-on-cyber\/","title":{"rendered":"Critical infrastructure laws impact on cyber"},"content":{"rendered":"
Government moves to beef <\/strong>up the security of Australia\u2019s critical national infrastructure (CNI), set out in the Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure) Bill 2020 and introduced into Federal Parliament on 10 December, will impact many companies, institutions and organisations that might not see themselves as being part of critical infrastructure.<\/p>\n These organisations should prepare for the bill\u2019s impact now, by taking note of how recent moves by the finance industry regulator to strengthen cyber security requirements is playing out.<\/p>\n In his second reading speech on the bill, Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton said it would cover \u201corganisations in communications, transport, data and the cloud, food and grocery, defence, higher education, and research and health\u201d \u2013 seen as critical to \u201cmaintaining basic living standards for the Australian population; sustaining Australia’s wealth and prosperity; Australia’s national security and defence; and the security of large or sensitive data holdings\u201d.<\/p>\n