Australian Govt introduces cyber incident response takeover bill. Defence, education, research, food, grocery, healthcare, medical, space technology, transport, water, sewerage recognised as critical infrastructure.
The Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure) Bill 2020 was introduced by Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton on Thursday, just a month after the release of the exposure draft.
The bill will give effect to an “enhanced regulatory framework” for critical infrastructure and systems of national significance, building on the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act (SOCI) passed back in 2018.
It is this government assistance power that has drawn the ire of the tech community, with Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Telstra, Cisco and Salesforce all having raised concerns about the power.
If passed, the enhanced cyber security obligations, positive security obligations and governance assistance powers contained in the legislation will commence on 1 July, 2021.
https://bit.ly/3raIQBt