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Information privacy, cyber security, and data protection standards, and how they can support your business practice

Cybersecurity, privacy and data protection are becoming increasingly important as organisations and individuals face numerous common and complex threats. Standards Australia develops and distributes internationally aligned standards, guidelines and other resources that can assist Australian industry, government and the public to approach these challenges. Key focus areas include privacy protection, information management, data protection, cyber security and incident response.

Cybersecurity Standards

There are a number of Australian and International Standards that Australian business can adopt to better protect themselves from IT and cyber security-related risks. Key standards include:

Managing Privacy

These standards provide guidance for implementing and maintaining a framework for processing and controlling Personally Identifiable Information to meet privacy requirements and protect customer data.

AS 27701

Preventing Cyber Attacks

These standards provide guidance based on international best practices on information security, cyber security and privacy protection controls.

ISO/IEC 27001

ISO/IEC 27002

ISO/IEC 27003

ISO/IEC 27004

Incident Response

These standards provide a structured and planned approach to detecting, reporting on, assessing and responding to information security incidents.

ISO/IEC 27035.1

ISO/IEC 27035.2

ISO/IEC 27035.3

Resources

The below resources provide a snapshot of the information privacy, cyber security and data protection standards that are available to protect against threats and support business practice.

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Alexandra Snelson
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William Giacometti
Strategic & International Officer