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Tasmania’s Health and Human Services Department is at “excessive risk of cyber attack”, according to a report by the Auditor-General.
The Auditor-General’s office released a review of four 2015 audits that investigated whether security recommendations made had been implemented.
Acting Auditor-General Ric De Santi said his office audited the security of information and communications technology infrastructure within five State Government departments, in a report that was tabled in March 2015.
“We concluded back then that there was an excessive risk in cyber security,” he said.
The latest audit found that while other departments had made significant progress in implementing the 2015 recommendations, the Department of Health and Human Services was lagging well behind.
“We think after three years they could have made a bit more progress because,…
