Home Affairs is investing in cyber security operations after an extensive program to overhaul its cyber risk management and system authorisation processes.
The department is in the early stages of implementing ServiceNow’s SecOps module for incident response, integrating it with the vendor’s integrated risk management (IRM).
Home Affairs director of cyber risk management Alex Reale told ServiceNow’s Federal Forum in Canberra that foundational work to define system risk profiles and security controls is now providing “red flags” for SecOps teams to act on.
“Based on the integrated model, we can identify incidents in critical systems,” she said.
“These are visually surfaced for our teams, allowing operations and incident response teams to quickly make risk-based…
