The WA Government wants your services and information to be protected and secure. We know that in developing our online service delivery and data analytics capabilities, good data protection and cyber security are more important than ever. We’ll build and use the right systems and processes in being a responsible and trustworthy custodian of your data. We’ll also introduce legislative privacy protections, so that you know we’re being accountable and transparent in how we manage your personal information.
Our objectives
- Improve cyber security resilience across the WA Government.
- Enable the expanded delivery of secure online WA Government services.
- Be transparent and accountable about how the WA Government manages your data.
Our approach for safe and secure
The WA Government will continue to focus on protecting our systems, services and the information we hold from cyber threats and misuse. To do this, we’ll improve our cyber security and how we manage your personal information.
In addition to a focus on prevention, the WA Government’s cyber security efforts include the continued enhancement of our capability to detect cyber security incidents. We’ve established a whole of government Cyber Security Operations Centre to improve the visibility of any cyber threats against agencies’ networks.
We’ll also mature the way we manage incidents when they occur by strengthening our incident response capabilities and whole of government coordination.
Good cyber security requires collaboration. The WA Government is working to strengthen our cooperation with external partners including other Australian governments, research institutions and third party service providers.
We want you to feel confident that the WA Government is managing your personal information responsibly. We’re already working on introducing stronger privacy protections for Western Australians.
We’re also implementing a suite of policies across the public sector to provide a common language to communicate the sensitivity of the information we manage, to ensure that we put the right protections in place.
Our initiatives for safe and secure
Cyber Security Incident Reporting Portal
The Cyber Security Incident Portal will enable agencies to report cyber incidents and help coordinate whole of government responses to issues.
Building public sector capability
We’ve established a whole of government recruitment pool and we’ll be facilitating the appointment of cyber security professionals to agencies.
Security operations centre
We’ve developed a whole of government Cyber Security Operations Centre that improves visibility of the cyber threats against agencies’ networks and the WA Government’s capability to detect and respond to cyber security incidents.
Stronger privacy protections
We’re progressing Privacy and Responsible Information Sharing legislation to bring stronger protections to the personal information we hold on behalf of the community.
Information Classification Policy
We’re implementing the WA Information Classification Policy. The Policy provides a common language for agencies to identify risks and apply appropriate security controls to protect, store and share their information assets.
Security controls
We’ve introduced cyber security controls outlining the standards government agencies must put in place to protect themselves against cyber threats. We’ll review these controls and improve their use across the sector
