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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 21 of 2020–21)
Published: Monday 7 December 2020
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The objective of the audit was to examine the Department of Defence’s (Defence's) implementation of agreed recommendations made in Auditor-General Report No. 38 of 2017–18 Mitigating Insider Threats through Personnel Security and the related report provided to ministers under section 37(5) of the Auditor-General Act 1997, and by the Parliament’s Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit (JCPAA) in Report 479 of 2019 Australian Government Security Arrangements.
Entity
Department of Defence
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 27 of 2021–22)
Published: Thursday 12 May 2022
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of administration of physical security in the revised Protective Security Policy Framework.
Entity
Attorney-General’s Department; Services Australia; Department of Social Services
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 53 of 2017–18)
Published: Thursday 28 June 2018
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the management of cyber risks by the Department of the Treasury, National Archives of Australia and Geoscience Australia.
Entity
Department of the Treasury; National Archives of Australia; Geoscience Australia
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 32 of 2020–21)
Published: Friday 19 March 2021
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of cyber security risk mitigation strategies implemented by selected non-corporate Commonwealth entities to meet mandatory requirements under the Protective Security Policy Framework, and the support provided by the responsible cyber policy and operational entities.
Entity
Across Entities
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 45 of 2021–22)
Published: Wednesday 29 June 2022
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The objective of the audit was to examine the effectiveness of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs’ arrangements for the management of contractors.
Entity
Department of Veterans’ Affairs
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 43 of 2021–22)
Published: Wednesday 29 June 2022
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The objective of the audit was to examine the effectiveness of the Department of Defence’s arrangements for the management of contractors.
Entity
Department of Defence
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 37 of 2015–16)
Published: Thursday 5 May 2016
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The audit objective was to assess selected entities’ compliance with the four mandatory ICT security strategies in the Australian Government Information Security Manual (ISM).
Entity
Australian Federal Police (AFP); Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC); Department of Agriculture and Water Resources; Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 49 of 2020–21)
Published: Tuesday 29 June 2021
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The objective of the audit was to examine the effectiveness of planning and delivery of the security upgrade capital works program at Parliament House by the Department of Parliamentary Services.
Entity
Department of Parliamentary Services
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 42 of 2016–17)
Published: Wednesday 15 March 2017
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The audit objective was to re-assess the three entities' compliance with the 'Top Four' mandatory strategies in the Australian Government Information Security Manual (ISM). The audit also aims to examine the typical challenges faced by entities to achieve and maintain their desired ICT security posture.
Entity
Australian Taxation Office; Department of Human Services; Department of Immigration and Border Protection
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 44 of 2021–22)
Published: Wednesday 29 June 2022
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The objective of the audit was to examine the effectiveness of Services Australia’s arrangements for the management of contractors.
Entity
Services Australia
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