Drop in NSW agency cyber reports ‘mask’ issues: Auditor


Trish Everingham
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Fewer government agencies are reporting to NSW’s cyber agency individually, potentially masking issues at a time when compliance with the Essential Eight cybersecurity controls remains low, the state’s auditor-general has found.

In its annual Cyber Insights report, the NSW Auditor-General found individual reports to Cyber Security NSW from the state’s 177 agencies reached a five-year low last year, dropping from 110 in 2023 to 66 in 2024.

“The number of …

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