The Department of Health is seeking help with Australian government security compliance, publishing a request for tender (RFT) for a privileged access management (PAM) solution.
The solution, the department said, is required to support Health’s “move towards compliance with the Essential Eight Security Controls”.
“Ultimately, the solution will increase the risk posture for the department and safe guarding its people and information from potential threats related to privileged accounts,” the RFT explains.
The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) published its Essential Eight strategies to mitigate cybersecurity incidents in February 2017 as an update to its Top Four mitigation strategies that were published initially in 2011 and made mandatory by the Australian government in 2013.
The Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit last year recommended the Essential Eight be mandated by June 2018 in a bid to “save organisations considerable time, money, effort, and reputational damage compared to cleaning up after a compromise”.
The Australian National Audit Office currently uses the Top Four…
