Can your critical infrastructure handle another event?

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Data security and privacy is an evolving landscape that refuses to stand still. There are ongoing changes and challenges, and businesses need to invest in resources to meet these challenges.

The purpose of this whitepaper, ‘Security of Critical Infrastructure, Data Security, Privacy and Global Impacts’ is to outline the Australian Security of Critical Infrastructure reforms and to highlight the evolution of the data security and privacy landscape in Australia and across the globe. By understanding these changes, and the key compliance challenges that result from this activity, organisations can consider practical solutions.

Unpacking the SOCI Reforms

The Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018 was first introduced into Australian Parliament in December 2017 and came into effect in July 2018. This Act was introduced to manage national security risks from foreign involvement in critical infrastructure. The scope of the Act was on those assets that met certain criteria that made it ‘critical’ in nature, specifically focussing on electricity, port, water or gas assets. These criteria are specific to the particular asset – for example, a critical electricity asset was stated to be an electricity network, system or interconnector, which transmits/distributes electricity to service at least 100,000 customers, or a generation station critical to ensuring security and reliability of electricity networks or systems.

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