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The cybersecurity of the Attorney-General’s Department (AGD) has not been independently assessed by the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) despite it being made an action item nearly four years ago.<\/p>\n

The nation’s Cyber Security Strategy of April 2016 said that government agencies “at higher risk of malicious cyber activity” would receive “independent cybersecurity assessments”.<\/p>\n

A discussion paper<\/a> [PDF] for the 2020 strategy, released<\/a> in September 2019, reported that “ASD has conducted active vulnerability assessments of a number of key government agencies”.<\/p>\n

But in written evidence given to the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs this week, AGD revealed it wasn’t one of them.<\/p>\n

“ASD has not conducted an independent security assessment against Attorney-General’s Department networks,” it wrote.<\/p>\n

“No additional funding has been provided to AGD for cybersecurity remediation activity.”<\/p>\n

AGD has vastly increased its spend on cybersecurity across the last four years, however.<\/p>\n

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From a base of AU$47,197 in 2015-2016, when they began tracking the annual operational spending of the IT Security Section, it rose to AU$225,826 in 2016-2017, then to AU$641,985 in 2017-2018. In 2018-2019, it declined slightly to AU$562,222.<\/p>\n

“Other sections, projects, and activities make a substantial contribution to improving the overall cybersecurity posture, but are associated to other cost centres,” AGD wrote.<\/p>\n

But the department declined to answer specific questions about its compliance with the ASD Essential Eight<\/a> cybersecurity controls, citing security concerns.<\/p>\n

“Publicly identifying details of any briefings provided to the Attorney-General on cybersecurity vulnerabilities on departmental networks would provide an individualised snapshot in time and may provide a heat map of vulnerabilities for departmental networks, which malicious actors may exploit and thus increase the agency’s risk of cyber incidents,” it wrote.<\/p>\n

Telco intercept warrants issued after mere minutes of consideration<\/h3>\n

It’s bad enough that most telecommunications interception warrants are not approved by judges<\/a> but by members of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT).<\/p>\n

What’s worse is that these less-qualified officials can spend mere minutes making their decision with no legal support from AAT staff.<\/p>\n

After so little thought, and without further independent oversight, law enforcement agencies are free to use their controversial new powers<\/a> under the controversial Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Act 2018<\/em>.<\/p>\n

They can issue a “voluntary” Technical Assistance Request (TAR) to get a communications provider to help access the contents of an encrypted communication. Or they can issue a compulsory Technical Assistance Notice (TAN) to the same end.<\/p>\n

Some seven TARs or TANs were issued<\/a> by law enforcement in the first seven months of the Act’s operations. The number issued by the spooky agencies, meanwhile, is unknown.<\/p>\n

The concern, first raised by The Saturday Paper<\/em> a year ago, is that AAT members might more readily approve warrants<\/a> than judges, although there’s no data on this one way or the other.<\/p>\n

There have been concerns that many AAT members are political appointees with no legal qualifications. More than 60% of members appointed since 1 July 2015 are not legally trained, according to further AGD evidence to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee.<\/p>\n

And while section 5DA<\/a> of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979<\/em> states that only AAT members who are “enrolled as a legal practitioner of the High Court, of another federal court, or of the Supreme Court of a State or of the Australian Capital Territory” for at least five years are approved to issue warrants — a lawyer with five years experience is not a judge.<\/p>\n

“Some legal experts argue that judges are more experienced and therefore more qualified to assess warrant applications than a lawyer with five years’ practising experience,” The Saturday Paper<\/em> wrote.<\/p>\n

“Key to this is the fact that during these warrant proceedings, there is no party making an opposing argument.”<\/p>\n

Judges are experienced in weighing up the pros and cons of a case to ensure fairness. Lawyers are experienced at arguing for their client’s position. They’re not the same.<\/p>\n

Also concerning is the amount of support given to AAT members in this role: None.<\/p>\n

The Senate was told that “members undertake these functions in a personal capacity (as a persona designata<\/em>) and not as part of their duties as a member of the AAT”.<\/p>\n

“AAT staff do not provide any legal support in respect of applications considered by an AAT member under the Act,” AGD wrote.<\/p>\n

“The AAT and AAT staff provide limited assistance to facilitate the performance of these functions, particularly scheduling appointments.”<\/p>\n

Those appointments can be very brief indeed.<\/p>\n

“Since 1 July 2015 the average (mean) length of all appointments with AAT members for warrant-related purposes is just 18 minutes,” AGD wrote.<\/p>\n

“The shortest amount of time recorded for an appointment that proceeded is 1 minute. The data is not subject to auditing.”<\/p>\n

Maybe the members spend hours of their own time wrestling over whether to approve each warrant. On that matter, your writer has a simple response: Prove it.<\/p>\n

Either way, it might well be argued that one minute doesn’t allow for a serious challenge to a warrant application’s claimed merits.<\/p>\n

Information Commissioner to focus on healthcare industry<\/h3>\n

Australia’s health sector continues to be the most affected by data breaches, according to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC).<\/p>\n

Some 58 notifiable data breaches<\/a> (NDBs) were received by the OAIC between 1 January 2019 and 31 March 2019.<\/p>\n

“The OAIC’s 2019-20 corporate plan includes a continued focus on the health sector, particularly centred on uplifting the health sector’s security posture,” it told the Senate this week.<\/p>\n

In September 2019, the OAIC released a Guide to Health Privacy<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

“[The OAIC] is currently undertaking an associated outreach and social media campaign. This campaign includes the development of a toolkit to assist health service providers improve their information handling practices,” it said.<\/p>\n

Also during Estimates in November, the OAIC was asked if it was conducting an investigation into an alleged AU$10 million international identity theft scam that had affected several of Australia’s largest super funds, including REST Super, AustralianSuper, and HESTA.<\/p>\n

“The Information Commissioner has not opened an investigation into the named organisations in relation to the media report of an alleged identity theft scam,” the OAIC said.<\/p>\n

It did add, however, that the maximum current penalty that the Federal Court can impose for a serious or repeated interference with privacy is AU$2.1 million for a body corporate.<\/p>\n

In recent years, the OAIC has found it difficult to process Freedom of Information (FOI) requests promptly. A substantial increase in all types of requests has since widened the gap, resulting in increased delays and backlogs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This week the OAIC revealed that meeting the demand for FOI regulatory work would require nine more staff at a cost A$1.65 million a year, plus A$300,000 in the first year for accommodation.<\/p>\n

Your writer is of the view that this is back-of-the-couch money, given that it would deliver a significant increase in government transparency.<\/p>\n

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Most telco interception warrants are issued by non-judges. Important cybersecurity work isn’t being done. The Information Commissioner lacks funding. Does the government actually care about privacy and security?
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